Page:The National Gazetteer - A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Volume 1.djvu/449

Rh BTJTTERTON. 439 BUTTINGTON. field, hund. of Totmonslow, in the CO. of Stafford, 8 miles to the E. of Leek, its post town, and 1 1 N.W. of Mayfield. The village is situated on a steep declivity, commanding extensive prospects. The living is a porpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 95, in the gift of the yicar. The church, a small stone structure with a tower, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is a Wesleyan chapel and a small free school, established and endowed in 1754 by William Mellor, the annual income of which is about 17. The other charitable endowments of the parish amount to 20 per annum. Butterton is in the honour of Tutbury, in the duchy of Lancaster, and by a recent Act is incorporated with the tnshp. of Alston- field, and the pars, of Grindon and Wetton, for the maintenance of its poor. BUTTERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Trentham, ' hund. of Pirehill, in the co. of Stafford, 2 miles to the S. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The North Staffordshire j railway, on which Trentham is a station, passes near this place. The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, in the gift of Sir W. and Lady Pilkington. Butterton Hall is the seat of the Pilkingtons. BUTTER WICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Sedgefield, ward of Stockton, in the co. palatine of Durham, 8 miles to the ST. of Stockton. It is situated near the river I Skerne, a branch of the Tees. BUTTERWICK, a par. in the wap. of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, in the co. of Lincoln, 4 miles to the E. of Boston, its post town, which is a station on the Great L coast. The living is a vie. united with that of Frieston, i in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Here is an endowed National school, founded by A. Pinchbeck in 1665, with a revenue of about 300 per annum. There are also charitable endowments for the poor, amounting to 160 a year. BUTTERWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Bampton, West ward, in the co. of Westmoreland, 1 mile N.W. of Bampton, and 8 miles to the S. of Penrith. It is situ- i ated in a pleasant valley, surrounded by lofty and rugged mountains, near the confluence of the river Lowther with Hawes Water Beck, a stream that flows from the i beautiful lake of that name, , BUTTERWICK, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Foxholes, wap. of Dickering, in the East Riding of the co. of York, 10 miles to the N. of Great Driffield, its post town. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, worth 47, in the patron, of the Rector of Foxholes. BUTTERWICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Barton-le- Street, wap. of Ryedale, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 5 miles to the N.W. of New Malton. It lies near the Thirsk, Malton, and Driffield branch of the North-Eastern railway, on which Barton is a station. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the rect. of Bar- ton-le-Street, in the dioc. of York. BUTTERWICK, EAST, a tnshp. in the par. of Mes- singham, but partly also in the par. of Bottesford, in the wap. of Manley, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lin- corn, 8 miles to the W. of Brigg. It is situated on the E. bank of the river Trent. BUTTERWICK, WEST, a joint tnshp. with Kel- fleld, in the par. of Owston, wap. of Manley, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 miles to the N.E. of Epworth. It is on the W. bank of the river Trent, opposite East Butterwick. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 117, in the patron. of the Vicar of Owston. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. BUTTERWORTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Rochdale, hund. of Salford, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 4 miles to the E. of Rochdale. It is on the border of Yorkshire. The inhabitants are employed in the great cotton and woollen manufactories of the neighbourhood. At Milnrow, now a chapelry, is an endowed free school, founded in 1720 by Alexander Butterworth, the revenue of which is about 90 per annum. There are other charitable endowments, producing yearly above 30. In_this tnshp. is Clegg Hall, an old seat of the Asshetons, built in the reign of James I. It is the scene of a tra- ditional story given by Mr. Roby in his " Traditions of Lancashire." BUTTEVANT, or BOTHON, a par. in the bar. of Orrery, in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 28 miles to tho N. W. of Cork, and 137 miles to the S. W. of Dublin, by the Great Southern and Western railway, on which it is a station. It is situated in a fertile and cultivated country on the banks of the river Awbeg, and was formerly a market town. Its name is said to be a corruption of tho phrase Hoittes en avant (equivalent to "Forwards!"), a war-cry of its ancient lords, the Do Barrys, carls of Barrymore. The grant of a market was obtained in the reign of Henry ILL A priory of the Franciscan order was founded, or perhaps re- founded, here about the end of the 13th century, by one of the De Barrys. A nunnery also existed here at an early period. The manor belonged to the De Barrys, who had a castle in the parish. The town, consisting chiefly of one street, is on the W. bank of tho Awbeg, and has a market and court-house, extensive barracks, police station, and largo flour-mill. Petty sessions are held once a fortnight. The living is a union of two vies, and two perpet. curs., of the gross val. of 129. It is in the dioc. of Cloyne, and in tho patron, of the bishop. The church, which stands by the river, on the site of an earlier one, is a handsome building in the per- pendicular style, with a tower and beautiful spire. It was erected in 1826. A handsome new Roman Catholic chapel has been built. It is a stone structure in the form of a cross, in tho perpendicular style, with a central embattled tower. There are also a fever hospital, a dis- pensary, and two schools one for boys, the other for girls. In the town are the ruins of an old fortress, called Lombard's Castle, and on tho banks of the river, tho " Gentle Mulla" of Spenser's poem, are the fine remains of the priory, with many monuments to the Barrys, Fitz- geralds, and other families. The bones of those who fell at the battle of Knocknanoiss, in 1647, are piled up in great heaps in the crypt of the priory. In the vicinity is Kilcolman Castle, where Spenser lived, and wrote tho " Faerie Queeue." Buttevant gave the title of viscount to the earls of Barrymore. The manor is now held by Lord Doneraile. Buttevant Castle, formerly part of the fortifications of the town, is situated on a rock by the Awbeg, and is the property of the Lloyd family. Thero are several pleasant seats of the gentry. Fairs for the sale of cattle are held on the 27th March, and tho 14th October. BUTT GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Clavering, in the co. of Essex, If mile N.W of the vil. of Clavering, and 3 S.W. of Newport railway station. BUTTINGHILL HUNDRED, one of the 12 hunds. or subdivisions of the rape of Lewes, in the co. of Sussex, situated in the eastern parliamentary div. of the co., and bounded on the N. by the co. of Surrey, on the E. by tho rape of Pevensey and the hund. of Street, on the S. by the hund. of Poynings, and on the W. by the rape of Bramber. It contains the pars, of Ardingley, Balcombe, Bolney, Clayton, Crawley, Cuckfield, West Hoathly, Hurstperpoint, Keymer, Slaugham, Twineham, and Worth. The hund. extends over an area of about 58,200 acres. BUTTINGTON, or TAL-Y-BONT, a par. in the borough and hund. of Pool, in the co. of Montgomery, North Wales, 2 miles to the N.E. of Welshpool. It is situated in a fertile and partially hilly district on the borders of Shropshire, on the E. bank of the river Severn, over which is a very ancient wooden bridge, and contains the tnshps. of Cletterwood, Hope, and Trewern. This place was called by the Saxons Butdigingtun, or Butting- dun, and was the scene, about the end of the 9th century, of a great defeat of the Danes, who had encamped here, by the Saxons. Tho Breidden hills extend into this parish, and on Craig Vreddin, one of their principal peaks, stands the pillar erected in honour of Admiral Lord Rodney in 1781. The prospect from this hill is extensive and richly diversified. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 107, in the gift of the Viear of Welshpool. The church, which is in the
 * Northern railway. The parish is situated near the sea-