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BROAD T< a lib. in the parochial chplry. of in the hu: : '"ry, '.AD-UINTi'N, i-tlj- in the hund. of ive ami widcly- njundod for many miles by open

tary borough of

g is a vie. * in the dioc. of Salis- bury, val. 302, in the patron, of the Master of St. iiury. The church, dedicated utedl , with aqoare embattled r. The inferior was restored in 1850. There are in .irish two schools, one with a:i income from enclow- uf 42 a year, and othtr charities producing about r. including the fund fir apprenticing boys. "AIMHH.MK. :i hnilt. in the par. i.f Thorncy, north w,uk, in the co. of Notting-

  • nxfiird. It is on the ci;

of Lincolnshire, and was tho site of a small nun founded about 1150 by Agnes dc Campville, which nou- rished till the Dissolution. It was thtu valued at about BH< , , a hmlt. in the par. of St. Ishmacl, hund. of Kiilwully, in the co. of Carmarthen, South "Wales, 3 miles to the N.V. of Kidwelly. It is sit ou the coast of i D >', at the mouth of the Towoy, and contains the vu. and watering-]. '>A1>IANU.S, a limit, in the par. of West Medina li' Wight, in tho CD. "f rJ 1 tnilo fron. ; md i from Osbornc. Most of tho inhabitan; i>ivo lace manu- factoi . i 1 William Nunn, which is situated in this village, and which watt visited in ruary, 1863, by the Prince and Princess of Hesse. Tho ling robes of tho Princess Alexandra of Denmark, now Princess of Wales, wore manufactured i BROADLANDS, tho seal of Viscount Palmerston, in the par. of Romscy, hund. of King's Sombornc, in tho

Hants, 1 nii'lu S. of Romsey, 6J N.W. of South-

ampton, and 79 from London, by tho South-Western railway. Tho mansion is situated in tho meadows of the river Test w Anton, mar tho Andover canal. It formerly belonged to the St. Barbes, and has a lii. ture gallery, rich in tho ancient masters, including iiana!, 1'oussin, Claude, Reynolds, Douw, and tho sketch by Paul Veronese for his famous it Supper." I'.KOADLANE, a tnshp. in the par. of Haw;, hund. of Mold, in the co. of Flint, North Wa! , tho seat of Sir 8. Olynne, Bart., is in this tnshp. , i )ADI AN E, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of .' - , in tho co. of Somerset, 6 miles to tho E. of Taui: .Kill )A 1 i-lIARSTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Pebworth, hund. of Kiftsgato, in the co. of Gloucester, i mi ing Campdon. It is on tho bordi r of

!n- Stratford branch of the West

Hidlaz 1JK( IA1 1 par. in tho hund. of Georg, Dor- chester div. of tho co. of Dorset, 3 miles to tho S Dorchester. The London and South-W. -.Inn lailway passes near it. i U a rect. unite, 1 .ith ; West Kni:. litoii, in tlic dioc. of Salisbury. Tho chuivh is dedicatt '.in. The parochial charities are worth :( a year. .1 lADOAK, " K, a lir. in th- hund. of 11, 7 mill .1 to tin' '. koanl. It i in tlu> K. i ; l"i tho hiT,!: Tajihoiu). Aft.-r th. M >y tlir Kuil ol

in tin' 17th ivntury

i. in which th>' -d tho Earl ol I was nearly surrounded by tho re; . and hadt ," coast, wh 1'ly- ini .nth. The living is a rect. consolidated with t Boconnoc, in tho dioc. of Exeter. Tho church, deiii< . Alary, contains an am-i. nt tout. l;l;uAI) OA KG KEEN, a hmlt. in ,' i EC- 11 Hierlow, par. and borough of SI., Hi, 1,1. in td V,-t Killing of Die co. of York, 3 miles from ShcffieM BROAD PAKKIIAM.a hmlt. i hund. of Shebbcar, in the co. of Devon, o mil. , to {M S. ". of Bideford, It is not far from the coast of Bain staple Bay. BROAD KI ) Y I ) H 1 : AD, a hmlt. in the par. of DartJ wap. of Staiucross, in tho West Riding of the York, 3 miles to tin N.W. of Barnsley. 13KOADSEA, a fishing vil. in the par. of Fra-, rl.urgh, Doer district, in tho co. of Aberdeen, Si otlanil. I'. l;i i A 1 >s 1 1 1 1), a gricveship in tho par. of Allendafl tie ward, in the co. of Xorthumln 1 1 ,n 1, notM Allendale. IlKOAliSTAlKS. anciently Hradstow, a small MB port in the Isle of Thanet, huiid. of liingslow, and laQfl of St. Augustine, in the co. of Kent, 1J mile to <9 N.i:. of Kumsgatc, 3 S.I. to, and 75 fiM . >n by road, or 8- the London, Cha^^H and Dover railway, which has a . It pleasantly situal ae North Foreland, and il under the corporate jurisdiction of tho town and p^^H Dover, and possesses tho privileges of a C'i It was formerly included in the par. of St. Peter, tfl separated ecclesiastically in 1850. In con the beauty of its situ .; - s^^l ami i' . it is much fre,| visitors, and i urite resort of 1 Queen when 1'iin lodging houses, and abundant There are several handsome marii;. bourhood. The inhabitants class, called " hovellers," a term higgle, a merry-making. Originally the hullli men who earned out fresh provisions to vessel ward-bound. They are no' daring in aiding vessels in disti- ou the Gooi Sands, which extend for several miles opposite this of tho coast. The harbour is formed by a si i wood, , 1 in tho reign i III . only admits small vessels. There is a d The living is a peqitt. cur. in 11 of tho val. of 230, in the patron, r. The church, which wii. .. cted in 1830, but the tower in I lists have a chapel in the village. building, funnel was placed her imago, called Our honour of which it was customary for passiii 'n'ir topsails. It is now use ing room, and conl (library The approach i . was anciently protected by a ,f Hint, culled "l oil; I . riling to tin in lolO, by George Culn ii isl 1 l,y Sir .lohn II but the portcullis and gates have long sim, ,li- iiinl at lii'oaiKtairs, al oiis show that ii nteil by tin About 1J mile N. of I it named nllistance of Ch- in losii. N ear this spot were t^ '. II aek, mlov. n Hanks, whicb mill to contain i '<: supposed to dc> was f" |'.I:<IAI>STO.I:. ',. ol Sal"] Cliureli Stietton. ! l:l;i)AI TOWN, a .listri.-I ].ar. in the jars. . and liroail-llintoii, hund. of Kingsbri'l. ships 1