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BLYTHBUBGH. 100 BOARSTALL. ular style, and was originally jiart of the "Id con- il i hutch. The chancel contains several ancient monuments <( th<- McllMi family. 'I >> V. ..li-ts ,nid : iiip in .MI Tie 1, ii- a small cn-i -chool, and ttlmshouses fur eight persons, the value of thr entire parochial charities being about 80 per annum. Blyth Hall was tho seat of the Hellish Hall, situ- ated about a mile from the town, i^ tin scat of tho Dowager Lady Galway. It contains a good coll' of portraits and pictures, including works liy l>ani< 1 Mytons and Vandyck. Fairs are held at Blyth on 11, .ly Thursday and the 20th October. BLYTHBTJBQH, a par. in the hund. of Blything, in theco. of Sullulk, 4 miles !, the W. "1 S,,uthw,,l,l. I worth is its |Ki.-t town. It is pleasantly situad d on the south side of the river Blytho, and InclndM tin' hmlU. of Bnlcamp and llinton. It was anciently n place of gome importance, having tin.- ]>ii !!<:_'< of a markd and several fairs. It h ,d ;,]-" a piimy nf th<- An-n-tine order, foimdid.it is supposed, in tho 1 '2th centui 1> tin- Abbot of vth. in Ks-ex. Ithad a revenue at the Dissolution of about 48. The river Blythe, which has a course of about l.i miles, ii navigable from Halesworth to South- wold, when- it tails into tin- North Sea. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. I 1 -,-, j u the ,-n John R. Blois, Bart. The church is dedi-

to the Holy Trinity. It is in the Tudor ]

dicular stylo of ar> hitecture ; but was greatly damaged during the civil war of tho 17th century, .-o ihat then are lew remains of tho monument . -, and stained window^ which formerly adorned it. I! said to have licen the tomb of Anna, kinrj of K-ist An- glia, whose remains were afterwards deposited at Bury Imund's. Not far from the church ni of tho old priory. There are also some remains of an ancient chapel. 'West wood Lodge, an interesting Eliza- bcthan mansion, is now a farmhouse. In the vicinity is Henliam Hall, the seat of the Karl of Sirailbrooke. BLYTHEFORD, a par. in the hum', of Blything, in tho co. of Suffolk. '.'. miles to the S. K. of Ilali -.xunth. It lies on tho banks of the river Blythe. The living is a don. cur. in the dioc. of Norwich, and in the p of the Rev. J. Day. The church is dedicated to All Btinte. BLYTH I! MARSH, n vil. in the tnshp. of Fonbrodk, and par. of Dilthorne, in the hund. of Totmonslow. in the co. of Stafford, 2 miles to the S.E. of Lane End. It ig seated on the river Blythe, not far bolow iU H lilythe Bridge is a station on the Crewe, Stoke, and Uttoxeter section of tho North Staffordshire railway. There are in the village a chapel for the V Methodists and an endowed free school, i'"imde,l in 172*. r.l.VIIIIM. BXTNDRED, erne of the 21 hun. ; nbdivi-i, >ni "I tho co. of Suffolk, situated in tho east div. of tin .nideil on th'- N. by ti Wangford and Muttiml and Iiolliingland. .in the Jv by the North S. a. on the S. by the hund. of 1'lon,. and on the AV. by the bund, of Hoxne. 1: the i pars.: Aldringham, Binacrc, Blyth- i.l, lirnmfield, Brainpton, Cookley, .- afield, l>arsham, Dnnwich, East" . Frontendcn. Hah swurth. II. i- ham. I. Kni.iii-h-ill. I . Middli t<ni. Ninth II hall, !.' 'l"n, Kiiiiilun :'<. Sibton. Sotherton, Sooth wold, Spexhali, Sloven, Tin l.eit' ni, Thorington, I'll! Uggleshall, Walberswick, Walp" tun. WUd tt. 'n ntliai. . i th. iiars. of llensti-ad and Hen- ham. The hund. extends over an area of a; acre*. This hund., with the additional pan. of ( and 1 iluted a i'oor-law I'nion I'uii.n hou a i at liulcaiii]!. in the par. of lilythhurgh. HI. Mil. NullTH.a tnshp. in the ,,:-. .'f I'.edliug- ton, ' of Northnniliei" to tl 'h. It is united with the tnshp. of ud is situated on the north bank of the river Blyth. The inhabitants a -hennen. BLVT1I, SiiI'TH, or BLYTH NOOK, a small seaport, in tli ndin tho par m div. of Castle ward, i eo. nt Northumberland, 12 miles to tin '.

ies from London by i

the Vi.rk railways. It is a station on the Hi way. 'The tnshp. comprises I sham. Blyth is pleasantly situated the mouth 'of tho river Blyth, which takes iU rile . 20 miles to the westward, near Tliro<kington,and : markably - vessels, lln ; r is easy in the stonny weather. Tho port is sub Newcastle, and has about 100 vessels belonging The Bcdlington iron-works from the mouth of the river, and the piinripil ba' nt Blyth is tin- i xport of coal and colliery, which was opened abmit IT'i". i of Blyth. The liver and pi ' jurisdiction of the bishops of Durha: tains abundan : eiit fish. a jxwr-looking place, with narrow irn irular itntO tieen impTOTM, and has mi" many well-built hoow ha- i"nv and llnating docks (foi in. inch i 'f that nt N'cwca-: slips for building and launching lighthouse, which was cm-ted in 17ss Ridley, who held the manor. It is a cirniLir structure, is tut high, with a tiv another light near it i Various leaniil.ictures i (, n nc, : -lupnagi are carried un, and g:is and watcrw- bli.-hi d. A chapel of case was built b :- 1. y in 17.11. The living is a don. iur. in th Durham, al. i'.iii, in the ]tron There are also chapels belon- varicni of Presbyterians, and the V. Methodists. A me, : blished, and there ai- BI.V'l'nN, a par. in : I.indsey, in the ,-,.. of Lincoln, 4 i. Gainsborough, its jnist town. It is n Ut liestcr. Shelli, Id. and ' jir. includes the tuslip "1 '> di"tiii-t ,-t Cn-i nhill. aooln, ,.t tie- val. ..f i'lfini, in tho Earl of Scarborough. The c-hui. i n. Th. n- is a chapel In Imifiinif : dists, and an endowed : with Kiium. BOAi:l>I.l-:V. a tnshp. united with par. of Burnsall. wap. of Stainclil! Kiding of the co. of York. 7 mil- Settle. I'lHAKllll.l.S. a vil. in tin the CO. , :Iand. a ini- ii the sea-co;, old tiadition ,'t the i,, foor. BdAKIirNT. a ]>ar. in tin hunil , i.l Southampton, 2 miles i Portsdown Hill extends in! summit ,'t " ii, alter tin- vji tmy ef Trafal, The living is a dun. cur. in the '! . with that of Southwick in the patrnii. ol T. Thi-tMhwai!- BHALSTAI.I.. a par. in the 1 th, of Buckingham, 7 i It is situated on the b.-id. < tin mid a part ot the p-ir. - . -I tin- mai huntsman. ke,-],er of ti a boar there. It was held b> and the horn, the symbol ot tbetei,,.. Aubreys, tin stall linns.., the ,,i,i s, at of the Aubrey, ws