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BARNET, CHRIST CHURCH. 187 BARNINGHAM. mount of the parochial charities is 870. Bamet is the _>at of a Poor-law Union, and of a County Court district, nd petty sessions are held here. Xhero is a mineral oring on Barnet Common, "which was once much re- jrted to, and for the care of which a small annual sum -as bequeathed by Alderman Owen. The market is on [onday ; but now obsolete. Fairs are held on the 8th, Ih, and 10th of April, and the 4th of September and iree following days. At these fairs there is a largo Je of horses and cattle, many beasts being sent up om Scotland. BARNET, CHRIST CHURCH, a chplry. and con- derablc vil. in the par. of South Himms, in the co. of tiddlesex. Barnet is its post town. The living is a 2rpet. cur. in the gift of the Bishop of London. BARNET, EAST, a par. and small vil. in the hund.

Cashio, in the co. of Hertford, 2 miles to the S.E. of

hipping Baruet, and 10 from London. The Great "orthem railway passes close to the village. It formerly jlonged to tho abbey of St. Alban's. and the abbots illy resided in a houseat Monk's Frith Garden, hill near the church. Tho village is beautifully situated L a pleasant country, about one mile east of the high >ad to St. Alban's, and the houses are well built. It is junded on the S. by Southgate, and on tho E. by En- ld Chase, which extends from Enfield in Middlesex, ho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, of the il., with the cur. of Chipping Barnet, of 1,042, in the

. of the crown. Tho church, which is very ancient,

dedicated to St. Mary. There is also a chapel of ease i-L'iHly erected at Arkley, and a National school for iris. There are mineral springs in the vicinity of the llage, which, although so near the metropolis, is re- arkably quiet and retired, there being no traffic trough, or conveyance from, it. Oak Hill is a fine lansion, situated on an eminence. BARNET, FRYERN, a par. and small vil. in the insbuiy div. of the hund. of Ossulstone, in tho CO. of -iddlesex, 8 miles to the N. of London, and a short dis- nce from the Colney Hatch and Southgate station, on e Great Northern railway. It lies in a pleasant dis- ict on the east side of Finchley Common, about 1| mile jiu Whetstone, and may also bo approached by the eon lanes from Ball's Pond and Hornsey. It includes e limit, of Colney Hatch, with the newly-erected Mid- esex Pauper Lunatic Asylum, and part of the hmlt. of Tietstone. Tho manor of Fryem Barnet originally he- aged to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem. The ancient auor-house, which was taken down many years ago, is 'njectured to have been the occasional seat of the )bots. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of London, the val. of 255, in the patron, of the Dean and tiapter of St. Paul's. The church, a small Norman lifice, is dedicated to St. James. It was enlarged and most rebuilt in 1853, and now holds 460 persons, ational and infant schools have been built adjacent to . A school church has also been built near the station Colney Hatch. There are almshouses for 12 persons, uuded in 1612 by Lawrence Cainpe, and endowed ith 7 a year. Frvern Barnet was the birthplace 732) of Walker, author of the " English Pronounc- <j; Dictionary." BARNETBY-LE-WOLD, or BARNET-BY-THE- "OLD, a par. in the southern div. of tho wap. of Yar- rough, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 4 miles the N.E. of Brigg. It is a station on the Manches- |r, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway. The living is vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 305, in ! piitron. of the bishop. The church is dedicated to 1. Mary. iiAHXEY, or BERNEY, a par. in the northern div. !' the hund. of Greenhoe, in tho co. of Norfolk, 6 miles i the N.E. of Fakenham railway station, and 24 from orwich. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Norwich, ,il. 129, in the patron, of Lord Hastings, impropriator. lie church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an old building uth a tower ; it contains a very handsome font. The

iptist3 and Wesleyan Methodists have chapels here,

he vicarage was rebuilt in 184S by the present in- cumbent. Tho vicarial rent-charge is commuted at 108 12s. Gd., with 38 acres of glebe. BARNFIELD, EAST, ono of the 1C bunds, or sub- divisions of the lathe of Scray, in the co. of Kent, situated in the southern part of the county, on the edge of Sussex, and bounded on the N. and E. by the hund. of Kingshamford, on the S. by the hunds. of Eastry, and Bridge and Petham, and on the W. by the hunds. of Downhamford and Preston. It contains the larger part of the par. of Hawkhurst, and has an area of about 6,500 acres. BARNHAM, or BARNHAM ST. GREGORY, a par. in the hund. of Blackbourn, in tho eo. of Suffolk, 2| miles to the S. of Thetford, its post town and nearest railway station, and 10 N. of Bury St. Edmund's. The village, which consists of a number of scattered houses, is situated on the Little Ouse, near which is a windmill for corn, and there is a large tract of sandy heath in the parish. The living is a rect., consolidated with that of Euston, in tho dioc. of Ely, and at present held ' by the Hon. and Rev. Augustus F. Phipps, non- resident. The church, dedicated to St. Gregory, is a small, neat building with a tower. There is a free school chiefly supported by the Duke of Grafton, who is lord of the manor and owner of tho parish. This parish com- prises the old par. of Bamham St. Martin's, the church of which has long been in ruins. Its old square tower, covered with ivy, is a romantic feature in the prospect. Several tumuli are found in the neighbourhood, about one mile and a quarter to tho north of the town, which are supposed to mark the spot where a great battle was fought in the Saxon times between King Edmund and the Danes. BARNHAM, a par. in tho hund. of Avisford, rape of Arundel, in tho co. of Sussex, 4j miles to the S.W. of Arundel, and 7 E. of Chichester, its post town. It is situated near the coast, not far from the South Coast railway, which 810118 the northern boundary of the parish, and has a station at Woodgate, about one mile distant from the village of Barnham. The Portsmouth and Arundel canal intersects the parish. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 67, in the gift of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. BARNHAM-BROOM, a par. in the hund. of Fore- hoe, in the co. of Norfolk, 10 miles to the W. of Nor- wich, and 5 N.W. from Wymondham, its post town. It lies on the banks of the river Yarc, about 3 miles to tho E. of Hardingham railway station. The living is a rect.* united with that of Bixton (an ancient parish now merged in this) to the vie.* of Kimberley, and of the val. of 600, in the patron, of Lord Wodehouse, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a very neat building, with square embattled tower. It contains a handsome screen, and was repaired in 1851, when a new organ was presented by Lady Wodehouse. The register dates from 1630. There is a small endowment for education, and a National school, erected in 1841, for the education of 100 children. Barnham Hall is a seat of Lord Wodehouse. BARNHILL, a hnilt. in the par. of Malpas, and hund. of Broxton, in the co. palatine of Chester, 10 miles to the S.E. of Chester. Petty sessions for Broxtou hund. are held at this place. In the neighbourhood is an ancient encampment named Maiden Castle. BARNHILL, a vil. in tho par. of Monifieth, in the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 5 miles to the E. of Dundee. It is in a fertile district on the north coast of the Frith of Tay. The Dundee and Arbroath railway passes near it. BARNHILL, a vil. in the par. of Blantyre, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 7 miles from Glasgow. BARNINGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Blackbourn, in the co. of Suffolk, 5 miles S. from Harlingroad rail- way station, and lOJ miles to the N.E. of Bury St. Ed- mund's, its post town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, of the val. with the rect.* of Coney Wes- ton, of 770, in the patron, of 11. Hunt, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is built of brick, and has a stone tower. It contains a brass of the vear 1499.