BELT1NGE. 235 BELTURBET. ] 'angate, and lathe of St. Augustine, in the co. of 1 nt, 6 miles to the N.E. of Canterbury. 5ELTINGHAM, a small vil. in the par. of Halt- visile, Tindale ward, in the co. of Northumberland, 4 miles to the E. of Haltwhistle, on the Newcastle and C 'lisle railway, which has a station at the neighbouring v age of Grcenhead. It is seated on the south bank of t: Tyno, not far from Kidlcy Hall, and was formerly a i) .-ket town. The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioe. hirham, val. 76, in the patron, of the Vicar of Halt-
stle. The churchyard contains a yew-tree of vcner-
a'j age. Tho church is a neat, unpretending build- ii. There is a National school belonging to this tmship. iELTISLOE WAPENTAKE, one of the 9 waps. 0) subdivisions of the parts of Kesteven, in the co. oijncoln, situated in the southern div. of the county, ai bounded on the N. by the waps. of Winnibrigs;-:, a i Threo, on the E. by the wap. of Aveland, on the S. t the wap. of Ness and the co. of Rutland, and on the A' by the soke of Grantham and the co. of Leicester. 1 onuiins the pars, of Bassingthorpe, Bitchfield, Bur- t -Coggles, Little Bytham, Castle Bytham, Careby, I. by, Creeton, Edenham, Gunby, Irnham, Lavington, 5 llington, Stainby, Swayfield, Swinstead, Witham-on- . -Hill, North Witham and South AVitham, with part he par. of Colsterworth. The wap. extends ovcr'aii of about 53,470 acres. K I, TOFT, ahmlt. in the par. of Belton, and wap. of j nicy, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 miles ' n Epworth. iELTON, a par. and small town in the western div. .lie hund. of Goscote, in the co. of Leicester, G miles
- he W. of Loughborough, its post town, and 4 N.AV.
i Swannington railway station. It lies near the ler of Derbyshire, and contains the liberty of Grace- '. n. where an Augustine nunnery was founded by K:sia de A r erdun, in the reign of Henry III. The in nue of the convent at the Dissolution was 101. J 9 parish is within the bounds of the forest of Cham- '. Some of the inhabitants of the village arc em- i /eil in making hosiery. Tho living is a discharged ' h: tho dioc. of Peterborough, val. 179, in the
- '0!i. of the Marquis of Hastings. The church, dedi-
u.'d to St. John tho Baptist, is a fine old structure v/ 1 tower and spire, and contains a monument to the f' idress of the convent. The AVesleyan Methodists a General Baptists have chapels here. There are s' >j slight remains of the ancient nunnery. At Grace- L'u was the seat of the Beaumont family, the birth- p *e of Judge Beaumont, Francis Beaumont, tho 'i natist (15S6), and Sir John Beaumont, his brother uthor of a poem on " Bosworth Field." Attached i he manor-house of Grace-Dieu, which now belongs
- -ho Phillipps family (who have recently assumed
I name of Do Lisle), is a very fine Gothic chapel, at " -cut used for Roman Catholic service. It has two painted windows in the north aisle one reprc- .-iting the Lord's Supper, the other the legend of Elizabeth of Hungary. In the nave are four- others it ing figures of saints. A large horse fair takes p. ;e at Belton on the first Monday after Trinity week ; b the market has long been discontinued. iELTON, a par. in the soke of Grantham, parts of > (even, in the co. of Lincoln, 3 miles to the N.N.E. of ntham, its post town. The par. contains about 180 ibitants, and about 1,700 acres of land, belonging iarl Brownlow, except 30 acres of glebe. The living rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 464, he patron, of Earl Brownlow. The church, dedicated iS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient building, and has hin a good Norman column and arch; the rest of tho ding is late Gothic. There are many monuments of II Brownlow and Gust families, in particular a figure o, .leligion, by Canova, to the memory of Sophia, Lady I wnlow ; and a recumbent figure of the late Earl Bwnlow, by Baron Marochetti. The rectory has a g 1 residence, with 30 acres of glebe, and the present n or is the Hon. and Rev. Richard Gust. In the village is an ornamental cross, a school, and an almshouse for six persons, with a small endowment. Belton House is a large mansion, situated in -a deer park, with handsome avenues, and has good gardens and pleasure grounds. The house was built by Sir John Brownlow, Bart., between the years 1685 and 1689, after a design by Sir Christopher Wren, and altered by James Wyatt. Tho apartments are lofty and well-proportioned, and contain some pictures by Flemish and Italian masters, and many portraits by Lely, Kneller, Reynolds, Romney, &c. In some of the rooms there aro wood-carvings by Grinling Gibbons. William III. was a guest at this house in 1 095, after the death of his queen. Tho late possessor, the second baron, was created Viscount Alford andlirl Brownlow in 1815, and dying in 1853, was succeeded by his grandson, the present earl, born in 1842. Many Roman remains have been found in tho vicinity of the village. BELTON, a par. in the western div. of the wap. of Mauley, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 1 mile from Epworth. It lies on the borders of Yorkshire, not far from the river Trent, and includes the limits, of Bcltoft, Carrhouse, Mosswood, Sandtoft, Westgate, and Wood- house. The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, and in the patron, of J. Brunyce, Esq. Tho church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a chapel for Wesleyans in the village. The charitable endowments of the parish amount to 40 !i-ye:ir. BELTON, a par. in the hund. of Oakham-Soke, in the co. of Rutland, 3 miles to the N.W. of Uppingham. The village, which is of considerable extent, is situated on the border of Leicestershire, on the north bank of the river Eye, and within tho old bounds of Leighfield forest. There are several good residences near the hall, which is now a farmhouse. The living is a vie. united with the rect. of Wardley, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient struc- ture with square embattled tower, and was repaired in 1841. There is a chapel belonging to the Baptists, and a free school for the education of 12 children. Tho annual value of tho parochial charities, including 83, tho produce of poor's land, and the endowment of the free school, is about 103. George Finch, Esq., is lord of the manor. BELTON, a par. in the hund. of Mutford and Lo- thingland, in the co. of Suffolk, 4 miles to tho S.W. of Yarmouth, its post town, and 8 N.W. of Lowestoff. It is situated near the coast, on the east bank of the river Waveney, and is a station on the East Suffolk railway. Brownston is a hmlt. of this par. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Norwich, of tho val. of 302, in the patron, of the bishop. The tithes aro comnYuted for a rent charge of 441) per annum, with residence and 17 acres of glebe land. Tho church, dedicated to All Saints, is an old building with round tower, which latter was rebuilt in 1849, when the church was re- paired. The register dates from the year 1560. There is n National school, and charitable endowments pro- ducing 19 per annum. Near tho village is Ijclton Hall. The par. has an ana of about 2,059 acres, 674 of which are marsh lands. Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., is lord of the manor. BELTONFORD, a vil. in the co. of Haddington, Scotland, 2 miles from Dunbar. It is seated on Belton- ford-burn, and in the par. of Dunbar. BELTURBET, a market town and borough, partly in the par. of Armagh, partly in that of Drumlune, in tho bar. of Loughtec and co. of Cavan, prov. of Ulster, Ire- land, 9 miles to the N. of Cavan. and 78 to the N.W. of Dublin. It is situated in a pleasant district on tho banks of the river Erne, a few miles from Lough lime. The river is crossed by a stone bridge of three arches. The town was founded by the Lancsboroiigh iiiniily, and received a charter of incorporation from James I. m 1613. From that time till the Union, the borough returned two members to the Irish parliament. It i i now under the government of commissioners. A thriv- ing trade is carried on in corn, could, timber, ic., by tho Erne and the Ulster canal. A large number of persona
