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Rh 440 BUXTON. early English style, i to All S , camps arc found on l! ! "'i? hills.
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 * i;, rape of liromhor, in the- co. of Sussex, 1

ning. It is pleasantly situated on the W. bank i.I thr navigable river Ailur, not Cu the Ixmdon, Urightot: 1 1 Coast railway. The living is a rcct., united with that of Bramber, in the dioc. of Chichestor. BUTTOX-UJLL, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Ecclesall- Bierlow, par. and borough i of Strafforth and Tiekhiil, Vst Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles to the S.W.. BUTTSIil'KY, a par. in the hu Imsford, in the co. of Essex, 7 miles to the S. c.i ( hdnibford. In- gatcstone is its ji...-t tuvn. It is wat red by a small in, a branch of the river Chelmer. The ' Eastern railway passes close by this village. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the rect. of Ingatestone, in the dioc. of Rochester. The church is dedicated to St. There are some charities of small amount. BUXHALL, a jar. in the hund. of Stow, in the co. of Suffolk, 3 miles to the AV. oi stowmarket, its post town, which is a station on the Great Eastern railway. A small branch of the river (.iipping or Orwell runs through the parish. The corn trade forms the chief business of the place. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the annual vol. of 578, in the patron, of uuv. C. Hill, incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. BUXLOW, a hmlt. in the par. of Knodiahall, hund. of Blything, in i -utl'olk, 2 miles to the S.E. of Sazmundham. The living. cur. annexed to the rect. of Knodishnll, in tho, dioc. of Norwich. Tin- church was dedicated to St. Peter, and has long 1 ruins. BUXTED, a par. in the hund. of Loxfield-Dorset, rape of Pevensey, in the co. of Sussex, 2 miles to the N. of Uckiield, its post town. It is situated in a pleasant district, containing some hop-grounds, on a branch of the river Ouse. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Chiehester, val. 403, in the patron, of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is small but very ancient. It is in the early Eugfidl style, and contains a sculptured tomb, ini- 1308, and several monumental brasses, one of whieh is that nf a priest who died in 1370. At Hadlow Down is a district church, the living of which is a porpet. eur., val. 126, in the alternate patron, of the Rector of Buxtcd and the May field. Hero is a small free school endowed by Anthony Sanders in 1718, for six children of each sex. This parish has also a shore in tin- benefits of the free school established and endowed at Roth by Kir Henry Fermor. The charitabl. the parish amount to about 140 per annum. William AV< itti m, the philologist, author of several learned works, held the rectory of Buxtcd, and died here in February, This living was also held by the father and grandfather of Dr. Clarke, the celebrated traveller, who e is the seat of the Earl of j>ool, who has greatly improved and enlarged it. In IM ;, h. i...i-.ed lute ii visit from her Majesty A cattle and sheep fair is held oil ily. BTTXTON, a eelel.ialed watering-place, chplry.. market town, in thu par. of Bakcwtll, hut . in thee.0. < to the N.V. anil 100 in- l,.inli>n by mad. ion of (.om- pletcd, which gives the town the advantage of un th from the sou; : the north. '!'.. 1 1 i_h Peak railway, for coals and goods, pastes wit) during the 1 parU. 1! : deep deil, : near ' .-mall river YVy i the Dorwc-rit, whieh Hows through parallel with the high road leading t.. I 1,02(1 re the sea level, although in a valley h forms as it were the N.W. margin of th< tain limestone formation, abounding in fossils and logical specimens. It is i and the romantic set i some remains of walls, existing till 1709, and from ti cover}' of Roman coins, it appears that the Romans were acquainted with those springs, and had baths here Two of their great roads crossed each other near Utii place. Buxton was much resorted to as a watering place before the MI! had a tihrinc of ( Anne connected with the baths, at whieh i offerings were made. The baths were closed time after the dissolution of monasteries by 1 1 1 1 1 1 y V 1 1 1. , but were soon re-opened and frequented as before. Bux- ton was several times visited by Mary Queen of !- while in the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Th9 old boll in which she lodged, built by Die earl, is standing, and is now < ito an hotel. Tl also a fine column of stalagmite in the great cavern I Poole's Hole, whieh i.s culled by her name, and ei for nearly three-quarters of a mile in length, the being hung with grotesque and beautiful stolactit The baths have lost none of their old renown, shown by the numb. . is, who average 1,500 to 2,000 at one time during the season, extends from May to October. The numerous bat supplied from St. Anne's Well, a spring enclosed elegant Grecian building near the Crescent, spring rises into a marble basin, and yields 60 i, a minute. The water is saline and sulphureous, 1 charged with nitrogen gas and calcareous i. has a temperature of 8'J t, hi.-h n at any season of the year. This spring is considered i of the wonders of the Peak, for by means ot pump both hot and cold water are obtained within a t'c inches of each other. The waters are especial: vice in cases of gout and rheumatism, disease* of t| skin, and nervous disorders. Then: are numerous ' in the town, and one free for the use < ; who receive liberal assistance from pitnl. This noble institution lias present use from the buildin " great stables," which were | harity b the munificence of the late Duke " supported by subscriptions an i ibutio and offers to each of its patients boa -ing, h and medical advice for three weeks, i usual period for a course of bathing, hospital is a resident chaplain. i >vn losed ill erected by the Duke of Devonshire. Bu an upper and lower town ; the fin latt. r the new part of the town, of the buildings in the modem is far superior to : those ill thi P e!s and le springing up in all dim (ions. The n market-place are wide and well pa-. are the ruins of an ancient stone cross. The ] range of buildings, however, i by the Duke of Devonshire, from deaigM^H t York. It is built of stone, and has a ! 111,' the two wings, of nearly H-" The partly of the DOI ihn e lar-e .. lodging-li llehind tin: Oesoeil i into a hospital, and i
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.d an arcade 28(1 Thu chief trade of the town is the man: the beautiful spar minerals found in the Peak. The prevailing r district is the mountain limestone, which is i|uan a great CM 1 as lime-burners, residing in dwellings cut in the i < t* I" the mai'ket-plaee are : ' ik-, whieh . the Duk. Bounds in romantic sen