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15 AMU AND. 178 BANTKY I;Alt(iV. BANKLAND, a hail!, in the ]r. of North Pctherton, unil. of the game name, in the co. of Somerset, 6 HANK M:VTiiN. i ox MASK, Yorkshire. HANKS, a constablowii k, in the tnshp. of Burtholiiui, I Lanercost Abbey, Kskdnle ward, in the co. of Cumberland. 2 miles from ! JJANKS. a limit, in the i in the liiiinl. of West Derby, and co. palatine of Lancaster, 9 i Ormstirk. BANKS I iil-:. :i limit, in the par. of Longborough, and hund. of V] le, in the co. of Glou 2 miles from 8tow-ii-t)u Wolds. BANKTON PAKK, u vil. in the ].ar. of King's K in the co. of Fife, bci ' !es from Cupar. BAM; -I' >; Jt HU.I.-TOP, a vil. in the tashp. of Sharpies, and par. of Bolton-lc-Moors, in the hund. of I, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, -1 miles to the N. of Bolton. BANLAGHAN, a hmlt. in the bar. of Carbery West, in the co. of Cork, and prov. of Munstcr, Ireland, not far from Kosscarbery. BANN, THE, a "river in the north-eastern part of Ireland, which rises among the Mourne mountains, near the southern coast of the co. of Down, and flows in a north-westerly direction to Lough Keagh, into which it falls not far from the month of the Blackwater. Jt c[iiits Lough Nengh at its northern extremity, pursuing a course in the same direction as before, and finally falls into the North Sea, a little below the town of Coli : The length of the upper section of the river is about 25 miles ; that of the lower about 33 miles. Its total length, including the lough, is about 76 miles. The u].]>er river divides, through the greater part of its course, the counties of Down and Armagh, and the lower river forms the boundary of the counties of Antrim and Londonderry from the lough to within a few miles of Colcraine. It receives the waters of several small streams. The navigation of the river begins at Porta- down, where it is joined Vy the Ncwry canal. The stream is rapid, and there are several falls. From its source to the ocean the total &11 is about 370 feet. The towns it passes are Banbridge and Gilford, in the county of Down ; Portadown, in the county of Armagh ; Toomc and Portglenono, in Antrim; and Kilrea and Coleraine, Tidondcrrv. The Belfast and Armagh rail way crosses the river at Portadown. There is a valuable salmon fishery near Colcraine. The entrance to the river is impeded by the bar at the mouth. Important works have boon established for improving the navigation and the drainage of the country on the lower river. BANNKL, a tnshp. in the par. of Hawarden, and hund. of Mold, in the co. of Flint, North Wales, not far <",-.. TT- __ _ J _ _ BANNER CROSS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Eccleshall Bierlow, and par. of Sheffield, southern div. of the wap. of Stmtlorth ai,d Tiekhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles to the 8.W. of Sheffield. The principal residence is the seat of the Rev. W. Bagshawe, a modern mansion in the perpendicular stylo of architecture. BAN M N t ; 1 1 AM, a par. in the southern div. of the hund. of Erjungham, in the co. of Norfolk, 4 mile* to .'. ..f N'..rth Walsham, its post town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 1 1<1, in the patron, of J. 8. Dawber, Esq. and the Rer.W. 1 1 The church is dedicated to St. Botolph. The register BANN i H 'Klil'KX, a vil. and quoad satra par. in (lie par. > : Stirling, Scotland, 3 miles to the S. of Stirling. It is a station on th tish Central railway. The village is situated in a glen on the banks of a small stream vhieh has given name to tin) iic l,raes that slope up from the rtli. int'i whieh : k burn falls. The ' on the high road from Stirling to r'alkirk and Edinburgh, and has a thrivi- I 'lie m:.nu- facture of tartans, carpets, and other w.c.Hen ,-irti carried on t* a considerable extent. There are tun-yards. Bannockburn lias a place in history as the scene of the great and decisive battle In: Scotch under Bruce and the English ! d l.v Kdward ] ontho24th of July, 1314: in whieh the 'English*, defeated with immense loss, anil Scottish indcpenJ^H was established. Memorials of that abound in tho neighbourhood. Tliero is Stone in which the Bruce set up his stamlaid ; Field, the scene of a skirmish on the e. ..| I'.an Ingram's Crook, named after an English ex .nid dillics' Hill, where Bruce had placed the 1 and camp followers. Within a mile is San .'..I'].- 11 1. was defeated in 1488. BANNOW, a par. in the bar. of Bargy, in the m. of Wcxford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, S.W. of Wexford, and 95 miles from Dublin. Ii pies the peninsula tract between 1 N.W. and Ballyteigne Bay on tho 8.E., and i the vil. of Carrig. Bannow was a town of imj before tho reign of Edward I., and sent two mei the Irish parliament. It is not known at what became a borough. The old town is said to covered with drifted sand : and a few i exist on the isthmus at the to the ' fragment of stone, supposed to have fornn 1 chimney of the townhall, was removed to the i yard, and upon it the burgesses elected t parliament until the Act of Union, in 1800. Th bitants are now principally engaged in iu . harbour only admits small craft. A coastguard is established here. The living is a vie., rcct. of Kilkevan, const; ;ni<m of Ban the dioc. of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin. The bourhood attracts many visitors in tho summer, i many pleasant residences for their aeeomia^^^l The principal seat is Grange, tho residence of the T~ rd Boyse, proprietor of great part of the j Tho agricultural school, opened In Rev. W. Hicker, ceased to exist wh. in 1826 ; but the good it effected is still tho improved mode of agriculture, and tl sea-weed, which is occasionally thrown in on in great abundance. There is a Roman < 'atholio t and a parochial school maintained by the There is no dispensary in the parish of I one in Kilkevan, for tho use of the adjoining paria BANSHA, or TEMPLENEIRY, a vil. in the pmr , Templeneiry, in the bar. of Clanwilliam, and co. Tipj>crarv, prov. of Munstcr, Ireland. S.E. of Tipperary. It is situated on t; river Arra, and is a station on the Wnterford Limerick railway. BAN6TEAD, a par. in the first div. of the html. < Copthome, in the co. of Surrey, 3 miles to the ~ Epsom, its post town. To the north of the vil" Banstcad Downs, a finely undulating 1> having an elevation of betn 'id six mmanding extensive view tho fine pasture that covers them. They are t the famous Epsom racecourse. 1'art have been brought under cultivation. '1 vie.* in tho dioc. of Winchester, of the val of i patron, of the Karl of Kgmont. The church lias f t. .wer and spire, and is dedicated to All Saints House, tho scat of the Motteux family, is the chief I In the vieinity are several tumuli. r.AVIT.KK, a vil. in the bar. of Duhallow, in th*o "t ' ..rk, and prov. of Munster, It. .e fr<*> Kanturk. HANTHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Thurli hund. of Stanborongh, in the co. of Devon, i i Kingtbridge. It is situated on the const, at "t the river Avcn, opposite to Burr Island, in . Bav. J1ANTON, a vil. and quoad sarra par., in ' Kilsyth, in the co. of Stirling, Scotland, 2 i HANTIiY BAIJi (NY, one of the twenty bars, or I divisions of the co. of Cork, in the prov. of Muni Inland, situated in the south-western part of Uieco.,^