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VAUHIN1-:. r.Kh.MIIH.I,. lid prosper till country,

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. and Tewkcsbiii course of .M.ilv.m . . Oil thi; Sllllilint nt' the hill, v! t'i the top, is an ancient encamp- ment, e .vrriug about 20 acres, and surrounded by a double trench. Some of the villagers arc employed in Blocking- wearing. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of sler, nf the annual val., with the jn-rpet. curs. of leanannc.v .iron. of the Duke of Portland. The church, which i- old, is d'-di. ated to md was restored much taste in is IS, when it was re-roofed. The ' rises upon arches between the nave HI surmounted by an i . -. It has a porch of n tains monuments t" -,li" ilifd in 1611, and ot ' ! , luit d'-pi: his se? during the Civil War. There ia a B.I , at Kinsliam. The charitable end >wments of the panoh are of considerable value, ; 366 per annum. '1 .ndutions are th "ho"! liir boys, fouudud by Wii.i ick in mil rchiiil' hich has a revenue of 130 ; and Kccd's almshouses for eight poor women, of which is 1 13. In the parish is Vollashill llall, an ancient mansion, formerly the seat of the Hammd family. Bredon Hill is a mei 1 for the Worn '.-.ter hounds. BREDWABDDJE. a par. in the hund. ..t ". in tin- DO. "t Hereford, 11 miles to the V. its post town. It is situated on the banks . and had formerly a castle, some ruins of win. h Ktill remain, and which supplied material tor the build- nt the neighbouring village of ing is a vie. * in Hereford, of the val. of 190, in the patron, of tin.' Id v. N. Ii. 11. Kewton, incumbent. The ehmeh is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is an endowment, culled Ji rity, for the support of a free school, and supply of ng and books for the scholars. It produce* about l,'j-*>0 a year. The old castle gave name to the family of which Thomas Brodwardine, Archbishop of C bury in 1349, watt a member. He was a man of great learning, and acquired the title of tin: Profound Doctor. BKKDY, I.ITTl.K, 11 jar. in the hund. of Uggscombo, in the co. of Dorset, 6 miles to the W. of Dorchester. It is situated at the sourer of the river Brede, or Bride, which runs from a small lake called Bridchead. II. is a quarry of good building stone, which .- material for SVintcrborno Abb- is a perpet. cur. annexed to the rcct. of Long Bredy, in the dioc. of Salisbury. The church is dedicated - Michael. There are some charities, producing about 3 a year. "liUEDY, LONG, a par. in the hund. of in the co. of Dorset, 8 miles to the W. of I ita post town. Upper Kingston is a hmlt. of this par. The living is a reel.* in tin: dioc. of Salisbury, val. with the perpd. cur ot Little JJivdy mine. . in the patron, of K. Villiams, Esq. 'i is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The chm endowments amount to 8 per annum. BKKi:. a vil. in the bar. of Bantry, in the

ird, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to tin- S.V.

of Enni.Hcorthy. It is near a branch of the ri UK: , hmlt. in the pa managh, and bar. of French-park, in the co. mon, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 6 miles to the S.W. of Boyle. It is seated near the south-eastern extremity of Lough para, on the banks of the Breedoge river, whit h has its source in the adjacent bar. of Castlereagh, lough 11 little In low the village. BaEKDON-ON-THE-HILL, a par. in the western div. of the bund, ol ( .seote, in the 00 of A.thhy-de-la-/olleh, its ],,^ I situa! .iintry, on of Derbyshire, und i-'intains the ehplrii-H. ol St ,ut..n- H*rold, Tonge, Wilson, and Worthington, ai ix)ld. A Bi Dominian was fou: d, at NosUill, ii. Bobert granted tin- chun-li of I .th w>me Und, was gi'. --iolution, ; ' HreezUBBTt works. The living is a . of the v hill, is lle.ileated t former! monuments nlm t .. church at Worlhington, the ::

Wesleyans have a chapel in t is about 40. Ti 1 chd^^ 16 a year. The Earl' : Breedon i, i: - .:, a par. partly in in thut ot Kihnore, in tl. Ireland, near lin parish com ries. The living '.vith Buttevant. .ss, principal heat is Bregoge < modem date. BKKKilil he pr. Moors, huiiM . in the co. palatine '> mil. ' ImUUi employ etl in of the neighbourhood. A dee .- Boacow Fold in 17"i, by '. qni-ntly endowed by other , -'11 per annum. i:i;i:i(.iiruN of Bubwith, wap. of II CO. of York, :'i mil ated on the banks of tl. tow n-hip . par. in th the co. of Hereford, 2 miles post town. Itiasitnat .nksof undine ing is a perpet. cu 109, in the patron, of i ! cated to St. Mieh.-.el. There is a with 6 a year, and so> 11. BKELADK, ST.. a p.ir. in thei-. nel Is!.; Ii H to the W pleasantly situated on the S. coai town of St. Anhin's iind is a rect. in the dioe. ol  : gift of the L-"V, rnor df the inland. The wa, is an ith a low ) . lineient eha]iel. Mid ! iih, and still in good presoi liapel. I'.KK.MIIII.I.. a par. in tli- the co. of Vilt, 2 mi V. " T:. It situated near the ri niilw

,. Uiemhill, Stlldley, i,

in tin 'i-bury, val. 506, bi-h'ip. The i hiiii Ii. l>i< h - ^vith a sju:ne einh.i' (the earliest heir . ,1 TO ! th. liiingerlnid family, who had ti I ant.