IJOWIIANK. 328 BOWKR-ASHTON. borough of the Tower Hamlets, and a county court in held here three times in each month. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of London, of the val. of 297, in the patron, of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church, which is of the time of Henry VII., is de- dicated to St. Mary, and stands in the centre of the road. The oldest portions of the building are the tower and chancel, which are in the Tudor or perpendicular style ; the nave appears to have been repaired and altered at a later date. It contains a neat and unusual specimen of a waggon-roof, which was covered up by a flat eciling, from 1701 to 1844. The upper part of the tower, which is low, was rebuilt about 1829, being finished with battlements, an octagonal tower at one corner, and two illuminated clocks. There is also a district church at Old Ford, the living of which is a pcrpet. cur., val. 200, in the gift of trustees. The church, which WM erected in 1867, is dedicated to St. Stephen. A parson- age and schools have recently (1863) been built in con- nection with this church and district. The Wesleyans have built an elegant school-chapel in this neighbour- hood, preparatory to opening a chapel of considerable pretensions in the Bow-road. Here are also chapels belonging to Baptists and other Dissenters. The In- dependent chapel is a neat building, in Harley-street. The charitable endowments of the parish are very con- siderable. The principal foundations are the free school, founded by Sir John Jolles in 1613; the school endowed by Prisca Coburne in 1701, the revenue of which is now about 250 ; ahnshouses, founded by Sir J. Jolles, and those established by the Drapers' Company. BOWBANK, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Lnnodale, and par. of Romaldkirk, wap. of Gilling, in the North Hiding of the co. of York, 9 miles to the W. of Barnard fasti/.. BOW-BRICKHILL. Set BBICKHILL Bow. BOWBRIDGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Stroud, hund. of Bisley, in the co. of Gloucester, not far from Stroud. It is seated in a fine country on the banks of the Thames, and the Thames and Severn canal. BOW BRIDGE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Low Abbotside, and par. of Aysgarth, wap. of Hang, in the North Riding oi the co. of York, near Askrigg. BOWCOMBE, a hmlt. in the par. of Carisbrook, lib. of West Medina, Isle of Wight, in the co. of South- ampton, not far from Newport. BOW COMMON, a chplry. in the par. of Stepney, in the co. of Middlesex, 3 miles to the E. of St. Paul's. It is a suburb of London, and has a church, dedicated to St. Paul. The living is a pcrpet. cur., vaL 150, in the gift of W. Cotton, Esq. BOWDEN, a par. in the Castleton Melrose district of the co. of Roxburgh, Scotland, 2J miles W. of Lessudden, and 3 S. of Melrose. It contains a vil. of its own name, and also the vil. of Midlem. It is situated in a cultivated district on the banks of Ale Water, a feeder of the Tweed, under the Eildon Hills, which extend into the parish. The name Bow- den, which may be traced through " Boulden" to the old form, " Bothcldean," signifies "a dwelling in a low situation." The village stands low by the stream, but the ground rises at Eildon Hill to the height of l,.'!i > Thr living, of the val. of 212, is in the presb. of Sel- kirk, in the patron, of the Duke of Roxburgh. The church was given by David I. to the monks of Kelso, who had a chapel and a seat at Haliodean, and enjoyed various privileges, ilaliedean. was afterwards granted to the ancestors of the present proprietor, the Duke of Roxburgh. A Roman road passed through the parish, and traces of it yt remain. The village is a meet for Lord Elcho's houmh. BOW I iKN-KDGE, a tnshp. in the par. of Chapel-en- le-Krith, hund. of High 1'uak, in the co. of Dci'l.y, 1 mill' fnim (,'ha|>ol-en-le-Frith. Bowden Hall, an ancient munition near the village, ia now a farmhouse. This tnslip. in within the honour of Tutbury, in the Dud BOWDBN, I.il 1 l.i:. .. j, ;l r. in Hi., hund. of K..th- well, in the co. of Northampton, close to Market borough. The south-cast branch of th. M idlmd n passes through it. The par. contains the hmlt. of n. The living 13 a rect. in the ii borough, of the val. of 293, in tin T. Barlow, rector. The church is diM Nicholas. The parochial charities, conit^^^Bj town estate, worth 72 per annum, and an endo* for a school, amount to about 7(>. In th ricic Bowden Lodge. I!' v 1 > I . N MAGNA, a par. in the hnnd. of G, in the co. of Leicester, 13 miles to t! It is situated on the north bank ot and contains the chplry. and town of ^^^H borough, which is its post town, and a l^^^H south-east branch of the Midland railway canal passes through the par. The cur. in the dioc. of Peterborough, va i of the Dean and Canons of Christ ' ford. The church is dedicated t charitable endowments, consisting - estate, produce 17 per annum. BOWDON, a par. in the hund. of Ilucklow, a co. palatine of Chester, 8 miles to It is a station on the Manchcitor, S Junction, and Altrincham railway. Tt^^^l lies on the border of Lanca- the river Mersey, where the Bollin lulls : great extent, and comprises t! mnkit town i ehani, the chplrios. of Carrington, St. Ma ham-M&ssey, St. George's Altrincham, Timperley, and the tnshps. of Agden, An Bollington, Hale, and Parting of Bollington are in the jr. of Rosthi Bridgwater canal passes through the par. opening of the railway, many good ran' been erected in the vicinity, which arc Manchester merchants and inanufa is a vie. * in the dioc. of Chester, of the in the patron, of the bishop. Ti dedicated to St. Mar}-, and font Priory of Birkenhead, has been rebuil great expense in 1860 ; the prc.- h'fth which has occupied tho same perpendicular style, with a mixture of tl aisles and clerestory. The glass is stained (' out, and there are several fine subject win' 1'inMinj,' is entirely lined with stone; an whole it is one of the most beaut it modern parish churches. It v Chester at the Dissolution. I and commands from the to- over tho surrounding level countrx many handsome monuments of the Bo among them one to the first 1 espoused the cause of Charles 1 1 : but was defeated by the parlianv Lambert. Here is also a monum< Thomas Assheton, who died in i: M'Uiodista have i lai^c and handsome e' which was erected in is";". Schools were I endowed by Edward Vawdrey in t 1 income of which in now about 7 Th bequests for the benefit of tli produce above 400 per ai.nn through Bowdon. The par. ext' i icres. r,oVK.i;, a par. in tho oo. of ' 10 miles to the N.W. of Wick. It is sib coast of the North Sea. near Ihini face is irregular, and partly un ; highest point is at Heather Cow Cairn, there is a good prospect. There are two i The living, worth '.n, is in the presb. (' in the patron, of Sir James Colqulu also a Free church. Stone I.ude. high, stands on a hill, and i ' Sctndim l.il eaiins exM n .lurhocd BOWKK-ASIITi'N, a limit, in tho par. o
