BRACONDALE. 335 BRADFIELD. d ites rom 1563. Bracon-Ash Hall is the principal rcsi- deno There is an almshmisr in tin: village. BI.CONDALE, ahmlt. in the par. of Trowse, hund. of H stead, in the co. of Norfolk, 1 mile from Nor- wich It is included within the bounds of the city. BI CTON. See BKATTOX, Devonshire. 131 DBORNE, a par. in tho hunds. of Appletree and Wirl- vorth, in the co. of Derby, 5 miles to the N. of Ashb ne. Wirksworth is its post town. It comprises tin' i ilries. of Allow, Ballidon, and Brassington ; the tush] sf Akhvark, and the hmlt. of Lea Hall. Lime- stone abundant in tile district. The living is a vie. in tin i e. of Lichfield, of the val. with the perpet. cur. of B< idon annexed to it, of 119, in the patron, of the 1' Devonshire. The church is dedicated to AH It has a tower in the Norman style. In addi- tion t the parish church there are two district churches oiuat Allow, and the other at Brassington the living of which are perpet. curs. ; the former, val. 148, .'r, val. 50, with residence. The charitable cn- .ts amount to 21 per annum. Near the village is Tisigtoii Hall, the seat of Sir H. Fitzherbert, Bart. relics have been found in the neighbourhood. ne is in the honour of Tutbury, in the duchy
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1 'BURY, a tnshp. in the par. of Sedgefield, H ward, in the co. palatine of Durham, 10 miles
- . of Darlington. It is a station on the North-
railway. It is situated in a fine country, and ids extensive views. liRDBY. See BUKXIIY, Derbyshire. 'AX. See KIUK BKAIJDAN, Isle of Man. i 'DEN, a par. in the hund. of Green's Norton, co. of Northampton, 3 miles to the W. of Tow- cesteiits post town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. .borough, of the val. of 227, in the patron, of . C. Ives, incumbent. The church is dedicated i iehael. The parochial charities are worth about dr. Bradden House is the principal residence. ENHAM, a par. in the hund. of Desborough, - o. of Buckingham, 4 miles to the N.W. of High lie, its post town. It is situated in a pleasant
- i mong the Chiltern Hills. The living is a rect. *
'lion, of Oxford, worth 224, in the patron, of
- >rle. The church, dedicated to St. Botolph, is
ancient structure, built of flint and stone, with nantled porch and projecting buttresses. It has a Mdohnpel, erected in 1542 by Sir William Windsor. Then s an endowment for education, founded in 1713 rine Pye. Bradenham House, lately the seat of iit. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., is a spacious .. pleasantly situated, commanding a good pros- r the surrounding country, and was built in a of Henry VIII. Sir Andrew Windsor, who d the estate at the commencement of the 16th was created Lord Windsor in 1529, and the was long the seat of that family. In 1566, '.lizabeth, on her return from Oxford, was enter- tain ( lere by Edward, Lord Windsor. Isaac Disraeli, Ks<l , ,thor of the " Curiosities of Literature," held the t Bradenham, and resided here till his death in BRDENHAM, EAST, a par. in the south div. of the hi;d. of Greenhoe, in the eo. of Norfolk, 5 miles to the N jf Watton, and 7 miles E. from Swaifham rail- i ion. Shipdham is its post town. The living is a rect.* n the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 278, in the won. of H. S. Adlington, Esq. The church, built of Hiil is dedicated to St. Mary, and the east window has b(ti recently filled with stained glass by the patron, i aWesleyan chapel. The parochial charities produ reside BR the h about 10 a year. Bradenham Hall is the chief e. JENHAM, WEST, a par. in the south div. of id. of Greenhoe, in the co. of Norfolk, close to East ,idenham, and 3 miles S. of Fransham railway ptatioi Thetibrd is its post town. The living is a vie. in the loc. of Norwich, of the val. of 290, in the sift of the ishop. The church, which is old and built of flint, is dedicated to St. Andrew. There are charitable endowments which produce 24 per annum, and a Na- tional school has been recently built by subscription for the two pars, of East and West Bradeuhain. BRADESTON, a par. in tho hund. of Blofield, in the co. of Norfolk, 6 miles to the E. of Norwich. The Norfolk railway passes near it, and has a station at Brundall. The living is a reet. united with that of Strumpshaw, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a handsome building of flint, with a square tower. BRADFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Theale, in the co. of Berks, 7 miles to the W. of Reading, its post town, and 45 miles from London. It is situated in a beautiful country, 011 a small stream called the Pang, which falls into the Thames at Pangbourn. A monas- tery is said to have been founded hero before the end of the 7th century ; but nothing is known of its history. Bradfield now gives its name to a rural deanery, and is the centre of a Poor-law Union, containing the Union poorhouse. The living is a rect. * in tho dioc. of Oxford, of the val. with the perpet. cur. of Trinity Chapel annexed, of 788, in the gift of the Rev. T. Stevens, the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. It has been lately rebuilt. There is a chapel belonging to the Primitive Methodists. St. Andrew's College, established in 1849, stands near the church. It was endowed as a foundation school in 1859, and has re- cently been incorporated by royal charter. There are some charitable endowments, producing about 30 a year. Pordage, who distinguished himself as a follower of Jacob Boehmen, was rector of this parish. There are many residences of the gentry in the neighbourhood. BRADFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Tendring, in the co. of Essex, 3 miles to the S.E. of Manningtree, its post town. It is situated on the south bank of the navi- gable liver Stour, and is a station on the Harwich branch of the Great Eastern railway. The living is a vie. united to the rect. of Mistley, in the dioc. of Rochester. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. Bradfield was the birthplace of Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls and Speaker of tho House of Commons in the reign of Charles II. BRADFIELD, a par. in tho hund. of Tunstead, in the co. of Norfolk, 2 miles to tho N. of North Walsham, its post town, 5 S.E. of Cromer, and 17 from Norwich. The living consists of two moieties, of which one is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, worth 167, in the patron, of Lord Suffield ; and the other is a don. cur. annexed to the vie. of Thorpe Market. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a Norman structure, with square tower. It has recently been new roofed and restored. Tho Inde- pendents have a chapel here. BRADFIELD, a chplry. in the par. of Ecclesfield, wap. of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 6 miles to the N.W. of Sheffield, its post town. It lies on the border of Derbyshire, in a mountainous and moorland district, the surface rising at Bradfield Point to the height of 1,246 feet. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway passes near this place. The chplry. is of great extent, em- bracing an area of about 33,700 acres, and contains 18 hmlts., among which are Nether Bradfield, Bradfield Dale, Bolterstone, Midhope, Onesacre, Gate, Smallfield, &c. The district is watered by the river Don, along the banks of which there is much picturesque scenery. The pursuits of the inhabitants are 'chiefly agricultural, but many are employed in the various branches of the hard- ware manufacture. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 200, in the patron, of the Vicar of Ecclesfield. The church is in the early English style of architecture, and is situated on a hill command- ing a fine view. There is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyau Methodists. At Bailey Hill, near the church, is a Saxon encampment; and at Castle Hill, on the oppo- site side of the village, is another ancient earthwork. There are several other remains of antiquity in the chplry. Fairs are held at Bradfield on the 17th June and the 9th December.
