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BUNNYOONNELLAN. 418 BURCOTT. name lady fur apprenticing buys, produce ab< iut Jimmy Talk, which has gome pleasant sc< diversified with wood and water, has long been the scat ikyns family. Sir T. B. Parkyns was raised i.ifjit by the title of Loi in 1795. BUXXYri i.VNKI.LAX, ;, vil. in tl.> .lien, in tli-- co. of Mayo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 6 miles to the E. of Ballina. BtXtAVX. or lil'XXAlKAVNA, a vil. in the bar. of Burrishoolo, in the co. of Mayo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 6 miles to thr W . . .1 X i wport. It is seated on tho N. coast of Clew Bay. I'.IXliATTY, a par. in the bar. of Lower Bunratty, in tho co. of Clare, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles to tho W. el l.ni,. ii. k. It is situated on tin: X'. bonk of the river Shannon, hero widening to an estuary. Vessels of large burl . i.i:>- their < .ui.:oes for Limerick in Jiuuratty Roads, where tli good anchorage. Thin place is t i castle, founded about 1280 by tile Do Clares, some fine ruins of which still remain, and are converted into a police station. Tho district consists chiefly of pasture hind. The living ia a vie. united with that of Kilnnaghta, in tho dioc. of Killaloe, Kilfeuora, Clonfert, and Kilmacduagh. Tho l'!ini'i],al residence ia Bunratty Cattle, tho seat of T. Studdert, Esq., who is descended from the Bo Clares, and is the proprietor of the parish. There arc several other scats. Fairs are held here on tho 3rd February, the second Tuesday before Easter, the. 3rd June, the 19th July, and the 20th October. BUXK.Vi I V r.Ai.i'NV, I. ii -ER, one of the 11 bars. !! subdivisions of the co. of Clare, prov. of Monster, Ire- land, situated in the south-eastern part of the co., and bounded on tho N. by the bar. of Upper Bunratty, on tho E. by the bar. of Tullagh, on thu S. by the river Shannon, and on the W. by the river Fergus and the bar. of Islands. It contains the pars, of Buiirutty, I l"ii- loghan, Drumline, Fecnagh, Kilconry, Kilnnaghta, Kil- iintinan, Kilmuleery, Kilmurry, and Kilnusoohigh, with jiarts of those of Killeely, St. Muchin's, and St. Patrick's Tomfinlongh. It extends over an area of about 69,000 acres. BUNRATTY BARONY, UPPER, one of the 11 bare, or subdivisions of tho co. of Clare, prov. of Munster, lie- land, situated in tho middle of the co., and bounded on tho N. by the co. of Oalway, on tho E. by tho bar. of Tullagh, on tho S. by tho bar. of Lower Bunratty, and on tho W. by tho bar. of Inchiquin. It contains thu pars, of Clooney-Doora, Inchicrouan, Kilraghtis, Quin, and Tempi emaley, and has an area of about 53,800 acre*. BUNREE, a vil. in the bar. of Tireragh, in the co. of Sligo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 15 miles to tho S.W. of Dromoro. BUNTINGFORD, a chplry. in tho pars, of Aspeden, Layston, Throcking, and Wyddiall, hund. of Edwins- tree, in the co. of Hertford, 13 miles to the N. of ford, and about 33 miles from London. It is situated in a pleasant spot on the river Rib, and was formerly a market town. Tho business of tho town is chiefly agri- cultural. Some of the inhabitants are engaged in tho leather trade. Buntingford is the seat of a Poor-law ii, and a polling place for the county elci Petty sessions are held in the town. The living is a pcrpet. cur. annexed to the vie. of Layston, in tho dioc. Chester. The church, erected in 1626, is dedicated Peter. There are chapels belonging to the Inde- I i, 'I. lit* and tho Society of Friends; a free grammar school founded about 1630, with a rcvenuo from endow- iniiuni, and four scholarships at Christ's .. , Cambridge ; a girls' free school ; National and British schools ; almahousou i unded and endowed by Both Ward, Uisli. |. of Salisbury ; and a savings-bank. Buntingford watt tho birthplace (1618) of Bishop Ward, who also >. early education grammar school. Annual fairs aro held i 16 and 30th November. N VKI.1.. a ] ,.,i . in li.. 1, mi. 1. ol I), j, wade, in the to Uu VIC. of New Biickonham. ' of the inhabitants are employed in making bom- bazin. The living is a ivc.t. in the dioc. of N of the annual val. of U44, in the patron, of Sir 1;. J liuxton, Bart. The church is dedi< There aro charitable endowments for the j to 30 a year. I'.I I'l.ll K,a par. in tin- bar. of Sliuvardagh, in the oo. of Tipper the E. of Thin !i -. hi< 1< is a station on tin (in . ern and W' iti in lailway. It is situated on th- of Kilkenny, in a boggy d n the lio^

an ancient castle, a seat of ;

lent, of w hich bomu remains are still to b' ' found in thu vicinity. Thu living is a reel in i, Kmly, Vatcrlord, and Lisinoro. Tb is in ruins. The jirincipal seat is Littlelield. i;ri;Aia Hi-:s nrxiii;i-;i> 6 Bi Hi MIULII, Sussex. BrUASTOX. A,,- HOHAMON, Shn,].Miii. . Ill l;l!A(,K, or BURBACH, a ehplrj-. in tho par. d Aston-Flamvillo, hund. of Spark. ; Leicester, 1 mile Ironi Ilincklcy, tn railway station. It is crossed by V. contains the hmlt. of SkeUhley. JIany of the inhabi- tants are engaged in tin manufacture of hosin 450 frames being in operation. The living is a p cur. annexed to the rect. of Aston- Klamville, ii of Peterborough. The chnrch, dedicated to s rine, is an old Gothic building, with a .-'jii.nc tower, surmounted by a spire. It was thoroughly i ; 1843, at a cost of 2,000. The Independent*, and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and r 1 1 schools lor boys and girls. Itl'KBAliE, a ]>ar. in the hund. of Kinwan. the co. of Wilts, 6 miles to thus 1. i Marlhoi. l'i S.W. from Hungerford. The Kennet and A panel through a tunnel in this parish a qua mile in length, under thu old Roman road, and has on its margin several wharfs and brickwork is a vie. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 'Jo7, in tl of tho bishop. The Marquis of Ailusbury is C^H rector. The entirely lebni u t"w. r. ' chapel. Tho charitable endowments < to 100 per annum, tho bequest of Philip !' .11 of which 10 is for educational purposes, and distributed to the poor. About half a n village, of Burbago is tho small hmlt. ol 1 1 < r,ii>ath, a llarepath, so named from thu Roman military i ..id whiel traversed this district, having on one side the b. of Salisbury, and on the other the Forest i In the Norman times it belonged to th HU.T.r.At II III XDRED, one of the 11 hund subdivisions of the rape of Bramher, in the co. Sussex, situated in the western parliamentary dr. . oft co., and bounded on the N. by the hund. of Tij>n on thu E. by thu rape of Lewes, on the S. b, ursgate, and on tho W. by tho hund. ot It contains the para, of Heeding and Hi being in a detached part of the hund n, and has an area of about 8,630 acres. I!U;< u.MBE, a par. in tho hund. of worth, in tho co. of Wilts, 2 milts to tl Wilton, and 5 fron. It is sit 'I.. it Yvefkro and London and Soul] uiilway and contains tho tythgs. of North and South and part of tho limit, of Ditchamj : t-mak . d on in the village, which is built on it .111; i a ] i]rct. cur.* ill 1' dioe. of Salisbury, val. i.'iJ, in the gift of the St. John's Ho.-)'ital. Viltoii. The chur. St. John, is M iv ancient, and bears tnn . end of Saxon workmanship. It was complc:- in 1SCO, and a new aisle addi d on the north s:de. nionces from the year 1682. r.riiCOTT, a hmlt. in tho jtar hund. 9. in the co. of Buckingham, .'! milts to t! S.W. of Lcighton Kuz/ard. It is near tho London IU in railway. BURCO'lT, a hmlt. in thu par. and hund. of