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r.rrKi.AND. 410 K [..XD-XKVTON. include* the vil. of Chipping. 1"' living is a i in tli.' dloc. i -I' B I' 1300, in thi- patron, of tl,,. r L'e. (-'ami.: lioated t" St. Ar.di. w. The parochial r. This ] roaaed l.y the oM.IJiiti-h r> ad. Km BUCKI.AND, :i vil. in the par. ofTherfield, hund. of Odisoy, in the co. of Hertford, 2 miles to '. Boyston. It is seated in a hilly di- BUCKLAX '!>, .1 par. in the bund, of Faversham.lathe of Scray, in tin: co. of Kent, 3 miles t" tin- X.V. of isham. It ! 'iidon, Ouitham, anil DOVI r railway. The living is a root, in ' t. ihury, val. 'll*i7. in the gift of .Sir .1 Bart. The church, long decayed, was dedicate 1 t" E BUCKLAND, a par. in the first div. of the hund. of Bcigate, in the co. of Surrey. Smiles to th. V. ..i l;.-igate, its post town. It is situated unds r Ituxhill a:,il K. Hill, on the N. edge of the Weald, near the I,ondon and South- Western railway. The river Mole, a branch of the Thames, runs a little to the S.W. of this place. The living is a reel. * in the dioc. of Winchester, of the val. nf 337, in the gift of the Warden and Fellows of All Souls' Collcu The church is dedicated to St. 1'etcr. There am charitable endowments for the benefit of the poor amounting to 29 per annum. Buckland House is one of the chief residences. Bl'( KI.AND, a ],:ir. in the hund. of Bcwsborough, lathe of St. Augustine, in the co. of Kent, '2 miles to the X.W. of Dover, ita post town. The London, Chatham, and Dover railway passes near it. The parish is situated in a hilly country on the iiwr Dour, here crossed by a bridge, and was the site of a hospital for lepers, found"! t 1110 by the monks of the Benedictine priory at Dover, There are no remains of the building, but ancient silver coins have b>-cn dug up near its site. In tin' village ore a flour-mill and two paper-mills. The living is a vie." in the dioc. of Canterbury, worth 139, in tin- gift of the archbishop. The church is dedieati d r. Andrew. There id a chapel belonging to the Vesleyans. BUCKLAND-BREWEH, a par. in the hund. of Sheb- bear, in the co. of Devon, 4 miles to the 8.W. of Bido- ford, its post town. It comprises the h in Its. of Bilsford, Galsworthy, and Tythacott. The addition to the name of this parish was taken from the lire wer family, by whom the mai.or was anciently held. The grant of a market, long since disused, was obtained for the inhabitants by the Abbot of Dunkeswell. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. with the perpet. curs, of Bulkworthy and East Putford annexed, 244, in the gift of the crown. The rhiurh, which has a fine Norman - dedi- cated to SS. Mary and ilenedict. A small college was once connected with it. The parochial charities pro- duce 4 a year. Annual fairs are held on Whit-Monday and tli .nber. BI'CKLAXD-DKXHAM, n par. in the hund. of Kil- mcrsdon, in the co. of Somerset, 2 miles to the N. of Frome, its post town, which is a station on the v> -tern railway. It is situated in a pleasant district, and was anciently a market town and a place of some importance. It was at one time the seat of a good wool- len trade. The assizes were occasionally held here. In the neighbouring valleys teasel is grown', the cultivation of which, for use in tin- woollen manut e tui. , employs many of ihe illagers. The living is u vie. in the dioc. ith and Wells, val. iliiii, in the gift of tin- b The ehui-eli i- dedicated to St. Mary. The Wr.-l have a chapel here. The charities are worth about 10 > ' ir BUCKLAND, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Braunton, in the co. of De au N. of South M in the di<>. . oj Bxi : r, of the val. with that of Buokland-Filleigh, of rjMi, in the pauoii. of d to St. Mielia. 1 leyans in the village. The in.- !' the produce of parish num. KI.AXI> Devonshire. .of. I'.n KLAND I-T.K, a t- ,ml hund. of Xortli IVthert'.n, i I Bridgnater. It il n. ar the Ilri-t r.iilwav. I'.n' 'KLAXD-FILLF.Kill, a par. in the hund. r. in the en. of Devon, 7 miles to tin .- rington. Hathcileigh i '.vn. It li. I he living i n r, val. i'JlS. in tin- p.itroii. of the bishop. church, dedieati d to St. M;-i v , i- a mail entirely covert d with ivy. It lias the inau- several ancient monuments of tin For are some charities of trifling alne. Buck i iy the seat of the Fill- of the Fortescms, is a handsome mansion of * situated mi rising ground in a jii< tuies.|ue and wooded done I; T iK I .A M i- 1 N -Tl I K-M( )OK, a par. in the hu llaytor, in the co. of Devon, 3 i N V burton. It i situated in the fon-t niiarter of Dai on the banks of the river Dart. The living is a ] cur. annexed to the vie. of Ashburton, in the c . 'lln church has a e n of wood. produce of the parish lands, for the relief of tl about 33 per annum. Buckland House is tin- prineipil residence. BUCKLAXD-MOXAi II' illL'M, a par. in the 1 of Boborough, in the co. of Devon, 4 miles to th. Tavistock. It is situated on the- banks of the liver' not far from the Horrabridgo station, on the Tav branch of the .South Devon railway. It was one a market town, and I site abbey for monks of tie .. lo undid 1278 by Amicia do Kivers, Countess Dowager of shire. This monastery, which was afterwards foi flourished till the Dissolution, win n it hud :i x J 12. The first orchards in the county are said tu ITI n planted by the monks of Buckland. In the n "I Kli/abeth, the estate was purchased by Sir Drake, in whose family it -till n mains. S. houses in the village are very ancient. The living i vic. in the dioc. patron, of the Ecv. It. Haync, D.D. The ehun h, i eatexl to the Jloly* Trinity, was built 1400. It is in the form of u cross, ! surmounted by eight-sided timet-. and pinn church eontains a line monument, by Bacon, to '. Ileathfield, who defended (iiln.iltar, and several mo ments to the Drake family. The charital! ments, consisting partly of b..|u. >t^ !. i Lady Modyford and Matthc w Klfnnl, and i:.00 for the I l.rnefit of the poor, by Sir Halph Lopes, Bin to about 13 a year. Buckland Abbey, an I mansion, pleasantly situated in - Tavy, is the. seat of Sir T. T. F. Drake. In thu mansion are preserved a portrait of the great naval hero, 1 lTS"Iial leliev S'llllO ri'IUuillS Of t' . still exist in the grounds. There are pleasant seats in the neighbourhood. I'.fi KLAND-NEWTOX.nr lil'CKI.AXD AM n par. in the hund. of the - of the eo. nf Dorset, 10 miles to the X. . I . and:; , its post town. It i tyihirs. of Brockhampton, Btikland-Newtown, Ki Dunti-h, Mint, in 1'ai-v.i, and 1'ln-h. 1 he i le imp.'il.ni' ' . and i a mark. . d at the head "I lie moor, and commands One woodland Iheliviii ' in the dine, of S.ilishiuv, val. with t I'lush, .|liii, in the ]>atron. it th". D. .n and Chapter* Ihe eliureh, which is uartly in I partly in the perpendicul to tl.. 1 l..)y 1. 'iding to Hutch' ininga

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In the tything of I'lush a handsome church water in 184S, and dedii at. d t.. St. John the Baptist, in of the old ehiijH-l of i ase, which had fallen into (" !- a small DissiMitinu- i ha] el, and a ban