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Rh i-.r-n 438 nu'i BU'l l.i:i<.ll, a par. in the hund. of AVliitl, y, in the co. n: l Glustonbury, its port town, which U also a station on the Somersi tral railway. The par. includes the hmlt. of Butlcigh- Wootton. liliit; lias is abundant in tin- MMkbMdMOd. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the perpet. cur. of l!altom>borough annexed, 380, in tho patron. n|' tin 1 lion. It. N. Orenyillo. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, and contains a monu- ment to tho Hood family, who hold the manor of Voot- ton. Butluigh House i> the principal residence. BUTl.i:!' H-VYi )( il l'< i, a hmlt. in the par. of But- leigh, hund. of Whitley, in I ^omerset, 3 miles to the N.E. of Somerton. Here U the seat of the Hon. A. Hood, lord of the manor. BUTLERSBRIDUE, a vil. in the par. of C'ustletcrra, bar. of Upper Loughtee, in tho co. of Cavan, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles to the N.E. of Caran. It is seated on tho banks of the river Annaleo. Fairs are held monthly throughout tho year. BUTLEK8-1I. t par. in the hund. of King- ton, in the co. of Warwick, 1 mile to the 8.W. of King- ton. It is watered by a small stream, a branch of the river Avon. Tho living is a vie. in the dioc. of Wor- cester, val. 88, in the patron, of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church College, Oxford. Tho church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. The Warwick hounds meet at this village. BUTLERSTOWN. &< KILROXAV, Wutcrford. BUTLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Prestbury, hund. of llacclcsliei.l. 111 tin- co. palatine of Chester, 3 miles to the K. of Jlaeclesfleld. Prestbury is a station on the Macclecfield branch of the London and North- Western railway. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the silk manufacture. Tho Wesleyans have a chapel and a large school in the village. Butley Hall is the residence. Roman antiquities have been discovered in the neighbourhood. Thomas Newton, author of a his- tory of the Saracens, was born at Butley. BTJTLEY, :i par. in tho hund. of Loos, in tho co. of Suffolk, 6 miles to the E. of Woodbridge, its post town, which is also a station on the East Suffolk railway. A projected branch from Woodbridge to Oxford will pass near Butley. The par. is situated on the W. bank of the Butley river, or creek, a branch of the Aide, and was the site of a priory of the Dominican order, founded about 1171 by the great lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England, Rannlph de Glanvillc. This monastery, subsequently rebuilt by William de Aubervillo, a de- scendant of the founder, was richly endowed, and had a revenue at tho Dissolution of 319. There are some remains of tho buildings, which covered about 12 acne of ground. The gatehouse is almost perfect, and a part is occupied as a residence. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Norwich, ral. with that of Capel St. Andrew annexed, 135, in tho patron, of the trustees of P. J. Thcllnsson, Esq. Tho church is dedicated to St. John Baptist. There are some charities of trifling value. BUTSASH, a hmlt in tho par. of Fawley, lib. of Dib- den, in the co. of Southampton, 6 miles to the Southampton. It is seated near tho Southampton Water. BUTSFIELP, a tnshp. in the par. of Lonchester, ward of Chester, in the co. palatine of Durham, 1 1 miles to tho W. of Durham. Remains of Roman aqueducts connected with tho station (Ilannibonta (Lanchester), on Watling Street, may bo traced in the neighbourhood. Till within a few ye.irx the I m4 in this district was un- enclosed and unrultivfiti <!. BUTTKIt Itl'MP, n hmlt. in the par. of Willonphl.y, wap. of Calccworth, parts "i, , ,, Lin- coln, 3 miles to the S. of All near the Boston and Grimsby section lit' the (in .it Northern railway, on whi' I i.y is a station. HriTl.l: < l;MI!K. ;l tnhp. in the par. of Bos- sail, wan. of Buhner, in tin N.,rth Hiding of tho co. rk, 9 miles to t Boric. It is situated in a pleasant country, on the banks of the navigable l-,,h. hero crossed by a stono bridge, and near the York and Scarborough railway. On the sum- mit of a neighbouring eminence is Aldhy I'atlc, the i the Roman station Derrmtio, and atterw.n.i fortified seat i the Saxon earls of Northumberland. Many Roman relics have been found in tip- vi. inity. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the vie. of Boa- sail, in the dioc. of York. BUTTKKDKAX, a vil. in the par. of (lldhin in the co. of Berwick, Scotland, 10 miles to the S.K Dmnbar. It is seated among the Jjimmenmii; BUTTERGA8K, a vil. in the j .mbUne, tho CO. of Perth, Scotland. 2 mil< t > : blane. It is seated on the river Allan, a branch of l Forth. BUTTKKIANV, a tnshp. in the par. of NYwburn, Castle ward, in tho co. of Northumberland, 5 miles to the W. of NewoMtle-on-Tyne. BUTTERLEIGH, n par. in tho hund. of flinton, in the co. of Devon, 3 miles to the S. ..( i i, ,t.,n. 1^1 Tiverton branch of the Bristol and Exeter railwiM passes near it. The living is a rect. in the dioc. f the lord BUTTERLEY, a limit, in the par. of 1 Vntrirh, I of Morleston and Litchurch, in the co. of Derby, ^ to tho S. of Alfrston. This place is the site of very iJM tensive iron-works, which were founded in 1792. ^^E district abounds in coal, iron, and limestone, ance of coal, ore, &c., is provided for by various niilv and the Cromford canal, th- ng carried t tho works through a 111 tho Vicilll : lall. BUTTERLEY, a joint par. with linn-Ralph, in the hund. of Wolphy, in the co. of II. i. ;,nd f '2 miles to the N. of Bromyard. BUTTERMERE, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par.B Brigham, and ward of AUcrdalc-above-l'erv co. of Cumberland, 9 miles to tho S '. of Keswick, sj^l 10 S.E. of Cockermouth. The di and abounds in romantic and magnificent scenery. T^H hamlet is picturesquely seated in a deep vail' passed by lofty mountains, which reflect themselves on the surface of the lakes below. To the S.E. <>t ti lage is the lake from which it takes itn < ' the margin of which are the peaks called 1 1 Style, and Red Pike. 'Hie lake is n n long and about half a mile broad, and is conne< short stream with Crummock Wat r, N.V. of thi This lake is 3 miles long, and lies between the lofty hills named Grasmoor and Mel). teak. Both lakes con- tain trout and char. About 2 miles from the village is the fine waterfall called Scale Force, said to b. rivalled in the lake district. It has a perpeiidiru!:i of nearly 200 feet, precipitating itself into a de. p chain between rocks of syenite, adorned with trees root, their crevices. There are extensive ., slate in the neighbourhood. The living is a ]< in tho dioc. of Carlisle, val. 5(1, in the patn r Earl of Lonsdale. The church, a singularly small building, with a bell-turret, was erected in 1M1. i Rev. V. Thomas, at a cost of 300, on the !( BUTTF.HM I '.!'!'. a ]iar. in the hund. of Kinward>: in the co. of Wilts, 6 miles to the S. of llm post town. It lies on the confines of Bei Hampshire. Tho living is a reel . in tl hury, al. i"JL",l, in the patron. <>l The church is dedicated to St. James. I'.l '1 n:i;Ml.V. a diplry. in the ,,ar. of Hra.i: wap. of Morley. in the West" Hiding ot the . Bradford. The- living is aper]-t. cur. in the.lio,' . ,.( Hijion, .ii. E200, in the patron, ol Charles . Ksq. Tie dedioatea to St. ,i<.lm. BUTTERTHWAITE, a hmlt. in the tnshp and pr. .|, w:i]i. ..l Mr.irt'orth and Tickhill, in the West Hiding of the co. of York, S mile* to the N. of .1 It is near the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway. It II CBRTON, .-bplry. nnd vil. in the par. of V*f-