BOtTBWE ST. MAKY. 328 BOUUTON-UPON-DUNSMORE. Corfe Castle, the Isle of Wight, and the Needle*. The town contains a splendid stono building, called the Sanatorium (opened in 1855, for convalescent consump- s, and supported by voluntary contribution!), baths, library, and reading-rooms, and some good hotels. The surrounding scenery is rich and varied, especially from V> ri ( iiil, and there are many geaU of the gentry in the neighbourhood. A small newspaper, the Bourne- mouth Victors' Directory, is published fortnightly. l;c )URNE ST. MARY, a par. in the hund. of Upper Evingar, Kingsclere div. of the co. of BonthttnptOBL, '! miles to the N.W. of 'hitchurch railway station, and 5 N.E. Irom Andovcr, its post town. It includes the tythgs. of Binley, Bourne, Egburg, Stoke, and Week, and part of Swampton. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the vie. of Hurstbourne- Priors, in the dioc. of Winchester, of the joint annual val. of 202, in the gift of the bishop. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 110. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient Norman structure, with pointed arches, rest- ing on massive pillars. It has a square embattled tower, and contains a curious font, hewn out of a block of black marble ; of which there are said to be only three other examples in England. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. The Earl of Portsmouth is lord of the manor. BOURNE, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Westlxrarne and s : * -heater, in the co. of Sussex, < i" tli. V. of Chichester. Emsworth is its post town. The South Coast railway passes through it. The parish is situated in a beautiful country on the sea-coast, opposite Thorney Island, and contains the hmlts. of Aldsworth, Hermitage, Nutbourne, Prinsted, and Wood- imnoot. This place is close to Hampshire, and the hinlt. of Hermitage is connected with the neighbouring port of Emsworth by a bridge across the small inlet between thnn. We,"t Bourne is a coastguard station and tho head of a Poor-law Union. The living is a vie. in tho dioc. of ('hichester, val. 280, in the patron, of tho trustees of Mrs. Browne. The church, a neat building in the perpendicular style, with a tower, sur- mounted bv & spire of oak, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The spire was erected by the Earl of Halifax.
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cloth, s for the poor, produce 60 a year. BOURNEY, a par. in the bar. of Skcrrin, in the co. of Tippcrary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles to the 8. of Roscrca. It lies at the foot of the hill of Benduff, at the source of the rivers Nore and Suir. It comprises large tracts of bog and mountain. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of KUlaloe, Kilfenora, Olonf. rt, and Kil- macduagh, of tho val. with that of Borrisnafarncy united to it, of 339, in the patron, of tho bishop. There are ruins of several old castles. BOURN-MOOR, a tnshp. in the par. of Houphtnn- le-Spring, ward of Easinirton, in the co. palat' Durham. 4 mil. s to the S.W. of Bunderland. Th* derland branch of tho North-Eastern railway pauses near it. The Weslevnns have a chapel hero. In 1815 saltworks were established on the discovery of brine- springs here. The well is nearly 100 fathoms deep. Ill il'll'l'l I-:, a |.ar. in the Garioch district of the co. of A ' . in-;ir Old McMnim. The surface is hilly, and there arc remains of a circular Danish en- trenchment on the Miimnit of the hill of Barra. The living, worth 226, is in the presb. of Oarioch, and in the patron, of the crown. The church is old, and con- tains a monument, conjectured to be that of Thomas de Lou -he associates of William V |;<irK'l ' -. in the par. and hund. of SM ham. in the co. 7 miles to the S.W. of Far- ringtl"ii, and r. from Swindon. TheGi 1-1 rail- way passes by it, and the Wilts and Herks canal has several wharfs hero. There is a chapel of ease, built by -' chapel, lniill and sup- ported by the great i-ilk manufacturers, Messrs, linker and Tucker, who. in 1SI'2, likewise presented to the in- habii i. dire for a school, which is well attended, and several almshousea. BOURTON, a hmlt. in the par. and borough of 1 ingham j in the co. of Buckingham, 1 mile from ] ingham. BOURTON, a chplry. in the par. and lib. of OUli ham, West Shaston div. of the co. of Dorset, 4 the E. from Wineanton, its post town, and 8 the N.W. of Shal'tesbury. The village is situated on the river Stour, and has on iron sacking manufactory, a tannery, and tile kilns, living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Salish- val. of 90, in the patron, of trustees, dedicated to St. George, is a plain, (i-.thie has undergone frequent repairs. The regisl at the year 1653. The Wesleyans and I^^H chapels here. There is ft Sunday-school and a . small charities. The Marquis of Westminst of the manor. BOURTON, or BURTON, a tnshp. in the pr Much Wenlock, Wenlock borough, in the co 3 miles to the S. of Wenlock. BOURTON, or FLAXBOURTON, a hund. of Portbury, in the co. of .- the S.W. of Bristol. It is situated inabeauttl and is a station on the Bristol and living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath val. 90, in the patron, of the Rector of Nai BOURTON, a tythg. joined with Easton, of Bishop's Cannings, hund. of Potterne, in Wilts, 3 miles to the N.E. of Devizes. BOURTON, BLACK. Set BLACKBOCI. shire. BOURTON, GREAT and LITTLE, a par. of Cropredy, hund. of Banbury, in the ford, 3* miles to the N. of Banbury, and 26J N.of ford. Here is a free school, endowed by in 1666, with a revenue of about 35 per i ancient chapel, dedicated to St. >'. the school-house. There is an li Great Bourton, and a Wesley an ch ton, which is 1 mile nearer to Ban! BOURTON-HOLD, a hmlt. in the par. and borot of Buckingham, in tho co. of I'.u.kingl BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL, H divs. of the bunds, of Tewkesbury and 1 the co. of Gloucester, 4 miles t" Campden. Moreton-in-the-Marsh is situated near the border of Wai i y, commanding much fine sccnej red. in the dioc. of Gloucester and B with the perpet. cur. of Morcton anne: in tho patron, of Lord Redesd cated to St. Lawrence. The N.-. endowment of 112 per annum. Bourton birthplace (1581) of Sir Thomas Ovei mod and poisoned in tin- James I., at the in-t ination of the favourite, 80 BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER, a pai tho hund. of Slaughter, in i tothe S. of Stow-on-the- Vol.l. More Marsh is its post town. It is ill- streams, which, nn-eting below tho village, Viiidrush. The parish lies near th' ittains a Roman i various remains have hi i< a'n-et.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and with tho perpet. curs, of Ix>wer to it. of 475, in the Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, chin. -h, a modern building, partly of the 1 architecture, is dedicated to St. Lawrence, chapel belonging to the Baptists, and a free dowed by Collett with an itie,.nu- of 10 a year. BOURTON- UPON -DfNsMoIIK, a psr. div. of the hund. of Knightlow, in tl irk, 5 miles to the S.W The Kn-l.y and Leamington branch "t the I North-Western railway passes near it, and has i bout 1 '. mi T? village. Draycote is a hmlt. of this par. 5
