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Rh BUNGTON. 417 BUNNY. miles from Dublin. It is seated -in a mountainous and romantic spot on tin; eastern shore of Lough Swilly, unit was the site of a castle belonging to the O'Donnclls and O'Doghertys, and subsequently to the crown. The village is much frequented as a watering-place. The inhabitants are employed in the linen manufacture and the fisheries. Copper, lead, and slate are found in the neighbourhood. The village contains the parish church, chapels for Presby- terians, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, an endowed free school, a court-house, a police-station, and a dispen- sary. Quarter and petty sessions are held here. Near the site of the old fortress stands Buncrana Castle, a modern seat, built in 1717 by the Vaughans. BUNCTON, a chplry. in the par. of Ashington, hund. of West Grinsted, rape of Brambcr, in the co. of Sussex, 3 miles to the N.W. of Steyning. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the rect. of Ashington, in the dioc. of Chichcster. BUNDALOC1I, a vil. adjoining Dornie, in the par. i >f Kintail, in the co. of Ross, Scotland, on the N.E. Loch Long, 10 miles to the S. of Jeantown. It led near the shore of Loch Alsh. m:DARIiA, or BUNDORRAGHA, a vil. in the bar. of Murrisk, in the co. of Mayo, prov. of Connaught, . about 15 miles to the S.W. of Westport. It is u a rivulet of the same name, which falls into -.' harbour. BUNDLEY. See BOXDLEIGH, Devonshire. BTTNDOKAN, a vil. in the par. of Inishmaesaint, bar. of Tirhugh, in the co. of Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles to the S.W. of Ballyshannon. It is pleasantly seated on the S. coast of Donegal Bay, near Lough Melviu, and is visited as a watering-place. BUNGAY, a market town in the hund. and union of Wangford, in the co. of Suffolk, 14 miles S.E. of Norwich, 40 to the N.K. of Ipswich, and 109 from London by road, or 1 1 3 by railway. It is a station on the Waveney Valley branch of the Great Eastern railway. Bungay, which comprises the two pars, of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, is situated in a pleasant country on the borders of Nor- folk, on the banks of the river Waveney, which separates the two counties. The river is navigable from this place to Yarmouth, and is hero crossed by a handsome bridge of modern erection. The river makes a bend, and sur- rounds the town on all sides except the S.E. Bungay had formerly a castle, built in Stephen's reign by one of the Bigods, earls of Norfolk. It stood on an eminence, considered, according to the ancient ballad by o of its lords, Hugh Bigod, impregnable : ' Were I in my Castle of Bungay, Upon the river of Waveney, I would' nc care for the king of Cockney." < portions of its walls still exist. About the year 1160, a nunnery of the Benedictine order was founded here by Roger de Glanville and his lady, the Countess tiundreda, which flourished till the Dissolution, and valued at 62. The mins of the building are near St. Mary's Church. In 1689, almost the whole n was destroyed by an accidental fire. In conse- quence of this conflagration the houses, with the ex- ception of one or two, are of modern date. The streets paved and lighted with gas, and there is a good .-npjily of water. In the middle of the town is the market place, with a market-house and cross, octangular
 * M form, and surmounted with a dome and a figure of

.'"slice. Another cross formerly stood near it, which removed in 1810. The business of the town is i"ily agricultural; a good trade in grain, malt, lime,
 * ils. timber, &c., being carried on by means of the river.

1 here are several iron-foundries, flour-mills, malt-houses, limekilns, a paper-mill, silk manufactory, and an exten- sive and well-known printing establishment. The theatre is no longer used as such, but is occupied as a corn ex- change. The town contains assembly rooms:, a dispen- sary, and a savings-bank. An extensive tract of common .ies on the N. side of the town, and is encompassed by .;ho river. Bungay is within the jurisdiction of the Beccles county court; and petty sessions are held weekly VOL. i. at the King's Head inn. The living of St. Mary is a perpet. em-.* in the dioc. of Norwich, worth 115, in the patron, of the Duke of Norfolk, lord of the manor. The church, chiefly ancient, but partly rebuilt in 1696, is a largo and handsome structure of flint and stone, with a fine tower. It contains several monuments. Tho register dates from the year 1588. Tho living of Holy Trinity is a vie. in the same dioc., vol. 256, in tho gift of the bishop. The church is small and very an- cient, and has a round tower. The register dates from 1557. Here are chapels belonging to the Independents, Wesleyans, Roman Catholics, and Baptists, and a free grammar school, founded about the close of the 16th century, which has a revenue from endowment of about 60 per annum. It has four scholarships at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to the Master and 1'ellows of which college the appointment of the master of the school be- longs. There are also National and British schools. In the town are several almshouses, some of which were established and endowed by Mrs. Dwyer, in 1848. The town lands are under tho management of trustees, and produce about 440 per annum. Tho other charities of the town amount to about 160 a year. Bungay had formerly a third church, dedicated to St. Thomas, and two chapels, but they were long ago destroyed. Thurs- day is the market day. Fairs are held for horses and cattle on the 14th May and the 25th September. Races take place annually in the month of August. In tho vicinity of the town are several mansions of noble pro- portions : Flixton Hall, which was nearly destroyed by fire in 1847, has been restored in the Elizabethan style ; St. Mary's Hall, Hedenham Park, Broom Place, Earsham Hall, and Ditchingham Hall. BUNGOWLA, a hmlt. in tho island of Arranmore, bar. of Arran, in the co. of Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland. It is opposite to the Branach Islands, at the entrance to the Bay of Galway. BUNG-ROW, a hmlt. in the par. of Great Braxtead, and hund. of the same name, in the co. of Essex. It is situated 1 mile to the S.E. of the village of Braxtead. BUNKLE, or BONKLE, a joint par. with Preston, in the co. of Berwick, Scotland. It is bounded on the S.W. and S. by the river Whitadder, at the foot of tho Lammermuir Hills. The district is partly fertile and cultivated, and partly wooded. The soil of tho higher grounds is poor, and at Bunkle Edge rises to the height of about 700 feet. Copper has been obtained on the farm of Hoardweel. The parish anciently belonged to a family of the same name. The living, worth 280, is in tho prcsb. of Dunse, and in the patron, of Lord Douglas. The village was the birthplace, in 1735, of John Brown, founder of the Brunonian system of medicine. BUNNANADDAN, a vil. in the bar. of Corran, in the co. of Sligo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 5 miles to the E. of Tobercurry. BUNNAWN, or BONANE, a par. in tho bar. of Glenarought, in the co. of Kerry, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 8 miles to the S. of Kcnmarc. For ecclesias- tical purposes it forms part of the par. of Kilcaskin, in tho co. of Cork. The surface is mostly mountain and bog. The wild pass known as the "Priest's Leap," is in this parish. The Marquis of Lansdowno is the pro- prietor of the place. BUNNY, a par. in the northern div. of the wap. of Rushcliffc, in the co. of Nottingham, 6 miles to the S. of Nottingham. Some of the villagers are engaged in the manufacture of hosiery. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. with that of Bradmore, of 425, in tho gift of the Rev. J. R. W. Boyer. Tho church, whieli is partly in tho perpendicular style, has a tower and crocketed spire, and is dedicated to St. Mary. It contains a singular monument to Sir Thomas Par- kyns, an eccentric scholar and noted wrestler, author of a'book called " The Inn-Play, or Cornish Hug Wrestler." There arc many other monuments to the Parkyns family. In the village are a free school, and an alinshouse for 4 widows, founded by Dame Anne Parkyns about 1700, the endowment of which amounts to about 60 per annum. The other charities, including a bequest by tho 3 H