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Rh P. MIST ALL. I in (TON. main. i iow about forty. There arc also* give coal-mines and iron-works. Burslem bears Uio I." and produces in the greatest perfection, parian, porcelain, wliitc and Muck ware, lustre, granite, and all kinds of china and carthcn- Tln-ie arc lii-sides colour-mills, glass maimfac- mi-boiler foundries, smelting furnaces, lili- kilns, rope-wall .rious other trades, mi iii' or .- i'-d with the iron and ] If ry trades. The town is pleasantly situated on rising ground, and consists almost entirely of the pottery works and the i 1 the manufacturers, their work] and the general tr:idcMn> n. Th M DOW wall paved and lighted with gas. In tin centie of the town is the innrket-plaec>, with a handsome tuwnhall, huilt <-f stone, and n cover, d inaiket en-< ted in IS.'iu ; this latter building is extremely elegant, having a handsome Doric ]X)rtico. The inhabit -,pplicd with water liv the Stafford-hire Potteries Waterworks Company, the reservoir of which is near the town. The market is managed by trustees; the jxjlice, lighting, and local afi'airs of the town are entrusted to ft body of commis- sioners. There are a board of health, n mechanics' in- stitute, and barracks. WoMuton and liurslem con- stitute a Poor-law Union of themselves. Petty & are held in the town, and polling for the north div. of the oo. tikes place here. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Liclilield, val. 525, in the gift of the Bar. Dr. Armstrong, the incumbent. The church, dedicated to si. John, is a brick building, with a very ancient tower of stone. A spacious new church, dedicated to St. Paul, wns founded m 1828, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,*val. 150,in the patron, of the Rector of Burslem. Christ Church, Corbridge, is a small brick building, erected in 1843 ; the living is a perpet. cur.,* val. 100, nlso in the patron, of the rector. There is besides a handsome stone church, with tower and spire, erected at Sneyd in 1852, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 1.50, in the gift of the crown and bishop alter- nately. There are four chapels belonging to the Wes- leyaus, two to the Primitive Methodists, and one each to the Roman Catholics, Baptists, Independents, New Connexion and Association Methodists. A free school wns founded and endowed in 174 8 by John Bourne, with which the National school, established in 1817, has been incorporated. There are some other charities worth about 30 per annum. Monday and Saturday are the market Fairs wero formerly held on the Saturdays before Shrove Sunday, Easter Day, Whit Sunday, and Mid- siunmer Day, and on the day after Christmas Day ; but tl:ey have lately much declined. BUBOTALL, a par. in the hund. of Sauiford, in the co. of Suffolk, 4 miles to the W. of Ipswich. Hadleigh is its post town. It is pleasantly situated on a small ni, a branch of the river Orwell. The living perpet. cur. annexed to the vie. of Bramford, in the "f Norwich. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. P.ril.sTALI. (JARTH, a manor in the par. of E fling, wap. of Holderness, in the East Riding of the co. t York, 4 miles to the S.E. of Patrington. It is at the month of the river Hnmber. BUKSTEAD, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Bar- stable, in tli' 00. of Kssex, 10 miles to theS. of C'ln ford. It includes the chplry., post and market town of living is a vie.* in the dioc. of 1: ter, val. 188, in the patron, of the Rev. Kilv. The church is dt dicated to St. Mary Magdalene. In addition to the parish church there is a district church at Billerieay, tin living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 120, in the pat. p of Hie d.oc. ] is a Ii the | h, I'.. MI:. l-'l at P.illcricay in 1664, l.y the Rev. .7. Bailey, which has an endowment of 60 per annum. There are other charitable endow- ments producing about 10 a ye.ir. Near the village re i. mpmint, i> Munt's r.rilSTKAK T.rm.i:, a p-n-. in the hund. of ],- its post town. The living is a rect.* in t Rochester, val. 356, in the patron, of the bishop of th< dioc. The church is .1. .In at. 1 t.. St. Mary. '1 tal.le li|U..~ts for the benefit of (lie ) 1 : about 10 per annum. P,ri:sTi.-s, ii. Xorfolk, '> mill-, to the N. ..f Hiss, its post tow i from London. It is a station on the l..i-;.m I way. The- living i.s a rect. in the dioc. of Noiwich, val. 41S, in the gill of llie lord chancellor. The church in dedicated to St. Mary. It is built of flint, and MM a round tower, surmounted by an octagonal turret ol Inter erection. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. There are charitable endowments amounting to 5 year. Tliis par. contains several manors that oi Win- iiirthing, belonging to the Earl of All marie; ilaydon Hall, to tin- ini-te.-oi tin- late ( liarles Layton ; and Brockaist and Miiden halls, to the trustees of Mood^l Taylor. BURSTON, a joint tnshp. and chplry. with the par. of Stone, hund. of Pirchill, in the co lord, I miles to the S.E. of Stone, its post town. It fa near the river Trent and the North Staffordshire rnfl- way. BURSTOW, a par. in the second div. of the hund. ol Reigatc, in the co. of Surrey, 8 miles to the S.E. of Rai. gate. Crawley is its post town. It lies near lln -bordered Sussex, and the London and Brighton railway. The jivfl is a rect.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 511, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedierj^H St. Bartholomew. John Flamstcad, the a - held the rect. of this par. The charities are of small value. Near the vil. is Burstuw Lodge, T Sinalneld Place, built in the reign of James I., and after v seat of the Bysshe family, one of t Kdwtrd Bysshe, was Garter King-of-Arms to Cr well. old seat is now a farmhouse. BURSTWICK, a par. in the southern 'liv. <i wap. of Uolderness, in the East Riding .1 tin- York, 8 miles to the E. of Hull, its po.-' station on the Hull and Holdernoss railwa;, includes the tnshp. of Rvhill with Camerton. i is a vie. in the dioc. of York, val. jso, in tin ; SirT. A. C. Constable. The church is chiefly in thcjn pendicular style, and is dedicated to All S BUBSWICK. A.-C BrnwicK. Orknc-y J. -lands. BURT, or BERT, a par. in the bar. of Innul owcn, in the co. of Donegal, prov. of 1'lster, Irelam miles to the S. of Buncrana. The par., which MI] rising an area of 10,673 acre-, ] south-. -iro of Lough .Swilly, oj.]!. Hurt Hill, in tin vfcinitv of 800 feel, and is the site of an old cji Sir ( 'aliir O'Doherty, of which some ruins rci living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Derry and Raph vaL i''.S, in the gift of tin Ii, :.n .1 II. nv. Hurt II. i resiliences. r.l'l;TKI;SKTT,a hmlt. in the chplry. (.f II, . t Aysu-aith, in the wap. of ll.niir. 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