BOTLKY. 322 BOTTESFORTX of Hamilton, the assassin of tho Regent Hurray, is another bridge of great antiquity, over the South ( it i s generally considered a Roman work. Watling Street passed near this place. The parish contains some valu- able coal-fields and beds of ironstone. Fret-stone and millstone are found in abundance. Two-thirds of the inhabitants are employed in the coal and iron works, and the freestone quarries. The land is fertile and well cultivated, and the air is remarkably healthy. The living, of the val. of 283, is in the presb. of Hamilton, and in the patron, of the Duke of Hamilton. The old parish church, not used since 1828, was erected about 1400, and was formerly the choir of the collej/iate church of Bothwell. It is a Gothic building, with a lofty arched roof, covered with large slabs of stone. The new church, also Gothic, is attached to the ancient one, and has an elegant tower. It was completed in 1833. There is also a chapel of ease at Holytown ; a church at Bothwell, and another at Holytown; four United Presbyterian churches at Bothwell, U ddingstone, Bellshill, and Newarthill; and two Congregational chapels at the two latter places. In 1825 an institution was founded at Orbiston, near Bellshill, for carrying out the theory of Robert Owen. The experiment was a failure, and the buildings having been taken down, the people called the place " Babylon." The principal seats in the par. are Bothwell Castle, a modern mansion, the residence of the Earl of Home ; Douglas Park, Wood- hall, Cairnbroo, Cleland, &c. Bothwell vas the birth- place of William Aiton, the botanist, author of " Hortus Kewensis," and Joanna Bailie, the poetess, whose father was minister of the parish. Bothwell par. is very ex- tensive, stretching in extreme length 9 miles by 4 broad, and comprising 10,814 Scotch acres, or 13,600 imperial am s. BOTLEY, a tythg. and hmlt. partly in the par. of Cumner, partly in that of North Hinksey, hund. of Hormer, in tho co. of Berks, 1 mile from Oxford, and 5j miles N.W. of Abingdon, on the western bank of the Thames. BOTLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Chesham, and hund. of Burnham, in the co. of Buckingham. It is a long straggling village, situate on a hill, and commences on the verge of the town of Chesham, extending for near 2 miles along the road to Hemel-Hempstead. There is a Baptist chapel. BOTLEY, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Ullenhall, and par. of Wootton-Wawen, hund. of Barlichway, in the co. of Warwick, 1 mile from Henley-in-Ardcn. BOTLEY, a par. and small market town, in the hund. of Upper Mainsbridge, Southampton div. of tho co. of Southampton, 4 miles to the S.W. of Bishop's Walthum, 10 from Gosport, and 6 from Southampton, its post town. It isituated on the small river Hamble, and is about half a mile from the station on the Southampton rail- way. The Hamble falls into Southampton Water, and is navigable to this village for boats. There are several corn-mills on the river, and a good trade is carried on in flour and timber. In 1848 a market-house was built here at the cost of 650. The living is a rect. in the dine, of Winchester, of the val. of 399, in the patron, of H. Lee, Esq. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a plain edifice of brick, with a good tower. It was built in 1836, and wus enlarged in 1859, when a < 1 was added. It contains sittings for about 420, and has a curious old font. There are chapels belonging to tho Independents and Baptists, and a commo- dious National school erected in 18.56. In 1794 the forces commanded by the Karl of Moira encamped on the hills near Botley, previous to their embarkation for Ostend. On the same ground part of the army under Sir Ralph Abercrombie encamped, in 1800, before sailing for Egypt. The principal seats are Botley Grange and Botley Hill. Neither of these are in the parish of Botley, though close to tho village. William ('uliln-tt for long resided at a farm in this village. A market for corn, cattle, &c., is held on Monday, once a fort- night, but Die fairs are now discontinued. BOTLEYS, a vil. in the i>ar. of Chertsey, second div. of the hund. of Godley, in the co. of Surrey, 2 mill* W. of Chertsey. Tho living is a. perpet car.' the dioc. of Winchester, val. 100, in t)i bishop. The principal seat is BotlATl Park liOTl.OK HUM)] ; hundt. ori divisions of thcco. of Gloucester, situated in 1 div. of the Co., and bmm<l< d mi th the cos. of Hereford and Worcester, oil hunds. of Decihm>t, and lh. ton, and on the S. by the Duchy oi prises the pars, of Bromsberrow, l)yn Newent, Oxenhall, Pauntlcy, Tayiitim. part of Rudford. The hund. extends o about 25,300 i BOTOLPH-BRIDGE, a par. joined with Orton ] ville, in tho hund. of Norman Cross, in the co. ( ingdon, 2 miles to tho S.W. of IVti-rborou r the river Nen, and the Or and London and North- Western railv is a rect. united with that of Orton 1 dioc. of Ely. Tho church, dedicated t.> All decayed. BOTOLPH-CLAYDON, or BOTT1.; a hmlt. in the par. of East Claydon, 1 don, in tho co. of Buckingham, :; Window. BOTOLPH'S. > us, Sussex. r.uToLpii, ST., vrnioiT-A 1. n<, SMITHFIELD, a lib. in th Ossulstone, in the co. of Middlesex, 1 u. St. Paul's. It is tho site of tin I;. . ... tains part of St. Kathei i i BOTREAL, a tnshp. in the par. of Ll>u hunds. of Isaled and Isdulas, in North Wales, 4 miles to the S. of Aber.- BOTR1PHINIE, a par. in the It is situated in the wooded valli ;. stone is abundant in tho neighbor worth 179, is in the presb. of Sti patron, of the Earl of Fife. The ' miles S.W. of Keith. There is al*< fair is held at Botriphinie on the 1 it) style). The par. extends about 3 milts in It:., in breadth. BOTTEGIR-BACH, an ext, pur. dis' of Edemion, in the co. of Merioneth, Xortl. miles to the N.W. of Corwen. BOTTESFORD, or BOTSWO1;T1I. hund. of Framland, in the co. of Leicester, 7 mita to W. of Grantham, and 15 N. of Melton Mowtay lies at tho north extremity of the county, of Nottinghamshire and Lincoln.- 1 the river Devon, and is a station 01. Nottingham branch of tho Great > Easthorpe and Normanton are limits, m thi par * the Norman Conquest it was granted v ships to Robert do Todeni, and passed eulxeqner. the Manners family. The in;in< Duke of Rutland. The village is situa: Belvoir, and is composed of three si Church-street, and Queen-st: living i in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the annual vl o in tho patron, of the Duke of Rutland dedicated to St. Mary. It is a spaciout^^H form of a cross, with a western tower ami spire, rising 220 feet from the ground, and hi cently repaired. It contains many monuments Manners family, whose burial-plan" it has I*" 1 * the dissolution of monasteries by li completion of the mausoleum Some of the monuments were transferred ftwn Priory to this church. Hero ore also two bru earliest being of a priest, who died in H04. chapels belonging to the Baptists, Indcpend leyans, and Primitive Methodists, and fr founded in 1711, with an endowm* i Almshouscs for 18 poor n.- by tho Eirl of Rutland, which have nev. 460. Almshouses for poor widows were erttl
