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Rh BUKRISHOOLE BARONY. 427 BURSLEM. joggy country, on the N. coast of Clew Bay, and in- ludes several small islands, some of which are inhabi- , d. anil two loughs, Lough Feagh and Lough Furnace. The Burrishoole river, the outlet of the lakes, has a good xilmon fishery. This par. was the site of a Dominican nonastery, founded about I486 by Richard de Bourke, .f which there are some ruins. A castle also was erected lere, which was the seat of the O'Malleys. The living s a rect. in the dioe. of Tuam, KUlala, and Achonry, vol. 328, in the patron, of the bishop of the dioc. Besides the parish church, there are chapels belonging
 * aining the vil. of Newport, which is 10 miles to the
 * V. of Castleljar. It is situated in a mountainous and
 * o the Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, and Wesli/yan

Mrth' "lists. There are both national and parochial .schools. Newport House is the seat of Sir R. O'Don- aell, Bart. The other residences are Melcomb, Burris- 'hoole, Treenlong and Roigh. In the parish are remains of furnaces connected with the iron- works formerly arricd on here. BURRISHOOLE BARONY, one of the 9 bars, or uMivisions of the co. of Mayo, in the prov. of Con- inuuht, Ireland, situated in the western part of the eo., ind bounded on the N. by the Atlantic Ocean and the
 * !MT. of Erris, on the E. by the bars, of Trawlcy and

Cairn, and on the 8. and W. by Clew Bay and the ocean. It contains the pars, of Achill, Burrishoole, Kilmaclas- Kilmeena, with parts of those of Aghagower, Ballintober, and Islandeady. The bar. extends over an t about 147,000 acres. BURROUGH, or BURROUGH-ON-THE-HILL, a par. in the hund. of Gartree, in the co. of Leicester, 5 miles to the S. of Melton Mowbray, its post town. The vil. is situated near Burrough Hill, one of the loftiest mine-noes in Leicestershire. The prospect from the hill is of considerable extent, and on the summit are traces of an ancient camp, which covered an area of about 18 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of 433, in the patron, of the Bev. G. Barnaby. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains a round font with sculpture, a piscina, and an old monument. BURKOUGH GREEN, or BURGII, a par. in the hund. of Radfield, in the co. of Cambridge, 6 miles to 1' Newmarket, its post town, and 2~ from the Duliin^ton station on the Cambridge and Newcastle railway. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 705, in the patron, of Charles Porcher, Esq. The church, an ancient stone building with a tower, is dedi- cated to St. Augustine. It contains several ancient monuments, and the register dates from 1570. Then is an endowed school and a free school for infants. The manor belonged to Queen Editha, consort of Edward the Con- fessor, and the site of her palace is supposed to be indi- cated by a moat. At the time of the Norman survey a deer park existed here. UOW, or BURROW BRIDGE, a tythg. in the par. of Kingsbury Episcopi, hund. of Kingsbury, in the co. of Somerset, 2 miles to the N.W. of South Pether- ton. It is seated on the banks of the river Parret. A church has been erected here. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 95, in the gift of the bishop. BURROW-ASH, or BORROWASH, a hmlt. in the par. of Ockbrook, hund. of Morleston and Litchurch, in the co. of Derby, 5 miles to the E. of Derby. It is Minat.d near the N. bank of the river Derwent, and is .i station on the Midland lailway. The Roman road from J>ermitio, or Little Chester, to Verometum, passed l>y this place. The manufacture of hosiery is carried on hero. Burrow-Ash is within the honour of Tutbury, in the duchv of Lancaster. BURROWS NORTHAM. See NORTHAM, Devonshire. BURROW- WITH-BURROW, a tnshp. in the par. of Tunstall, hund. of Lonsdale, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles to the S.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale South of the Sands. It is situated on the river Lune, where the Leek brook falls into it. Numerous Roman remains, consisting of pavements, altars, coins, &c., have been discovered. The tnshp. is near the north- eastern extremity of Lancashire, where it adjoins the counties of York and Westmoreland. BURRY, a par. in the bar. of Upper Kells, in the co. of Heath, prov. of Lcinster, Ireland, 2 miles to the S.W. of Kells. It is situated in a fertile district, and contains the vil. of Springville. Limestone and greenstone are quarried here. The living is a rect., united to that of Kells, in the dioc. of Meath. The principal seat is Balrath, situated in a large and wooded park, well stocked with deer. BURSCOUGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Ormskirk, hund. of West Derby, in the eo. palatine of Lancaster, 4 milea to tho N.E. of Ormskirk. It gives name to two stations, Burscough Bridge and Burseough Junction, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. The Leeds and Liverpool canal passes near the town. Burscough was the site of an Augustine priory, founded in the reign of Richard I. by Robert Fitz-Henry, lord of Latham, which had a revenue at the Dissolution of 129. For a long time previous to the Reformation this priory was the burial-place of the Stanley family. Nothing remains of the buildings except a small portion of the conventual church. There is a new church at Burscough. Bridge, the living of which is a perpet. cur., in the gift of the Vicar of Ormskirk. In the vicinity is Latham House, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale, rendered famous in history by the heroic defence made by the Countess of Derby against the parliamentary forces, who besieged it for three months during the Civil War. The inhabitants of the village are chiefly employed in the cotton manu- facture. BURSLEDON, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Mainsbridge, Southampton div. of the co. of South- ampton, 4 miles to the S.E. of Southampton. It lies on the estuary of the river Hamble, which is here crossed by a bridge. The depth of the estuary makes this a com- modious place for shipbuilding, which is carried on to some extent. The living is a perpet. cur., val. 110, annexed to the vie. of Hound, in the dioc. of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. There are charitable endowments worth 5 a year. BURSLEM, a par. and market town in the northern div. of tho hund. of Pirehill, in the co. of Stafford, 3 miles to the N.E. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 17 miles to the N. of Stafford, and 148 miles from London by the London and North- Western and North Staffordshire railways, on the latter of which it is a station. This place waa constituted a separate par. in 1807, having previously been a chplry. in the par. of Stoke-upon- Trent. It ia situated on the Grand Trunk canal, con- necting the Trent and the Mersey, and contains tho vils. of Long-port, a suburb of Burslem, Abbey Hulton, Corbridge, Dale Hall, Rushton Grange, and Sneyd. These were united into one district in 1850, under the Public Health Act, and now form part of tho parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon-Trent. Burslem is mentioned in Domesday Book by tho name of Barear- r'lxlim. It is in the district called the Potteries, and has been noted from an early period for the manufacture of earthenware. The district is marked by the presence of extensive beds of clay of various kinds, beneath which coal is found. Burslem. had become the chief of the pottery towns in tho 17th century, but the rapid and extensive development of its manufacture dates from about the middle of this following century, chiefly owing to tho genius and enterprise of Josisih Wedgwood, who was born here in 1730. He invented and obtained patents for several new kinds of earthenware and porcelain, among which were the Queen's ware, a torra-cotta, white porcelain, biscuit, &c. Ho projected and executed a road, 10 miles long, through the Potteries, and in 17C6 cut the first sod of the Trent and Mersey canal, which he had also projected, and by means of which the clays and flints of Devonshire and Dorsetshire became easily procurable by the Staffordshire manufacturers. Great improvements have been since made in the art of pottery, and the population and trade of the town have in- creased to an extraordinary degree. The number of