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HAUTON-BLOIM. 196 BABTON-OX-IBWELL. BARTON-BLOUNT, a par. in the hund. f Appli - [i thi- OO. "t Uerby, '.) miles to the W. of Derby, its post town. During the civil war in the reign of Charles 1., the manor-house was garrisoni <1 tor the. par- liament, and a skirmish took place in the neighbourhood between these forces and the royal troops from Tulbury Castle. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 69, in th.- | .IH..M ..i F. Uradshaw, Esq., whoso seat is Rirton Hall. The ]>ur. is in the honour of Tut- burv, and line hv ot Lanca BAKT'lN, i;'AKI.>. .e EAHL'S BABTOX, North- ampton BAKU >N, EAST, a hmlt. in the par. of Great Bar- ton, in the liund. of Thedwestry, and co. of Suffolk. It is situated to On; S.E. of tho vil. of Groat Barton, and about 2 miles from Bury St. Edmund's. BARTON END, a hmlt. in the par. of Horslcy, and hund. of Longtreo, in the co. of Gloucester, 3 miles to the W. of Minchinhampton. BARTON, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Thedwostry, in the co. of Suffolk, 2 miles to tho N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town and nearest railway station. Tho living is a discharged vie. * in the dioc. of Ely, valued in the king's books at 10 15. lid., now worth about 400, in the patron, of Sir H. K. Bunbury, Bart., who is also lord of tho manor, and owner of the greater part of the parish. The church is a neat structure, dedicated to the Holy Innocents, and has several old monuments of tho Cotton family, tho brasses from which have disappeared. There are charitable endowments amounting to 97 per Hnnnm, besides four almshouses for poor widows endowed by tho late Lady Bunbury. Barton Hall is tho seat of the Bunburys. BARTON, HARTSHORN, a par. in tho hund. and co. of Buckingham, 4 miles to the W. of Buckingham, its post town. The living is a pcrpct. cur. united with the pcrpet. cur.* of Chetwode, in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 102, in the patron, of Mrs. Braccbridge. Tho church is dedicated to St. James. BARTON, HIGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Barton, V". st ward, iii the co. of Westmoreland, 6 miles to the S.W. of I'enrith, and 4 W. from Lowther Castle. In this tnshp. is the pleasant vil. of Pooley Bridge, situated at tho foot of Ulleswater lake. At tho " Crown Inn," and also at the " Sun " hotel, boats may bo obtained for viewing the scenery of the lake. About half-a-mil. ;- the east of the ril. is Ben ton free grammar school, founded in 1049. It has an endowment of 90 per annum. BARTON-IN-THE-BEANS, a tnshp. in the par. of Market Bosworth, partly also in tho pars, of Shackcr- stono and Nailstono, in tho hund. of Sparkenhoo, and co. of Leicester, 2 miles to the N. of Market Boa- worth. BARTON-IN-THE-CLAY, or BARTON-LE-CLAY, a par. in tho hund. of Flitt, in the co. of Bedford, 6 mile* to the N. of Luton. Silsoc is its post town. The living is a roct. in the dioc. of Ely, of tho val. of 400, in tho patron, of tho crown. Tho church contains a monumental brass, and is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is an endowed school, founded in 1807 by Ed ward Willis, for 40 children. It has an income of 50. I are several other charities. BARTON-LE-STREET, a par. partly in the wap. of Ryedale, and partly in that of Buhner, in the North Hiding of the co. of York, 5 miles to the N.W. of New Malton, its pott town. It is on tho south-west bank of the river Rye, a branch of the river Dcrwcnt, near an ancient Roman way, and contains the tnshps. of Conoys- thorjH' and Uuttorwirk. Tho living is a reel, in tho dioc. of Yurk, of tlie val. of 150, in the patron, of H. C. Meynell Ingram, Esq. The church contains some sting old K: ml is dedicated to St. Michael. Tho materials for it-. oi.-c lion were taken, it is said, from the ruins of the abbey of St. Mary, York. The Wee- leyans have a chapel here. BAB I"N l.i:-VII,I LLOW8, a tnshp. in the par. of Crambo, wap. of Bulim-r, in the North Killing of the CO. of York, 1 1 miles to the N.K. of York. It is on the wort bank of tho river Dcr BABTOH MIDDLE, tja BAKTON STEEVLB, I .-hi!.'. P.AKTiiN-MIt.LS, or BAKToN. I.I - the hund. of Lackford, in the co. of Suffolk, 1 i from Mildonh.ill, its |>o-,t town, and s market. The village is small, hut there arei mills worked by steam and water, gunuint i agate powder grinding mills, besides several residences. It is situate near tho border of Ca -hin', iii a pleasant district on the banks of i Larkc, which joins the Ouse near Ely. rect. in the dioc. of Ely, of the val. of .,-. gift of tho lord chancellor. The chuni St. Mary, is an old stone building, and v.

in 1840. It contains an until,-

curiously carved oak pulpit. Tho regist- the year 1663. There is a chapel bclongii tists, erected in 1844, and a National s< 1845. Tho parochial charities amount to 14 a Barton Place is tho principal seat. The K. v. t li Jenkins, D.D., is lord of tho manor. BARTON-ON-Iir.Ml;i:i;. a par. andm the north div. of the wap. of Yarborough, in the i Lincoln, 35 miles to the N. of Lincoln, and IGti mil road from London, or 180 miles by rail. It is a si on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire nil The town is seated on tho south bank of tl northern limit of tho Wolds, and had atta able importance at a very early period. Tho SCH "Castle Dykes" arc supposed to bo tho remains rampart and ditch by which it was I attacks of the Danes, v. I into tho districts on th. Bumbei .V it had a largo and flourishing trade, lor v. i chiefly indebted to its situation on the great line 00 munication between Hull and London. I ferred to in Domesday Book, and has existed immemorial. The tolls and regulations of t were minutely defined in the reign of Edward ] attempts to alter and adapt them to changed i stances and times have met with stunt i - part of the inhabitants. The river h- 3 miles in breadth. The introduction of necessarily interfered with the ancient rights i and the subsequent extension of t ! resulted in changing the lino of commn the new arrangements, < -mj : is established at Now Holland, a Mati-.n on r about 4 miles to tho east of Barton. The town < many good houses ; but the streets are ir The principal branches of industry are the malt trade, brick and lib- making, and tho 1 of pottery, of rope and sailcloth. There are i foundry, "and quarries of oolite and chalk. is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, nt tho gift of G. C. Upploby, Esq. The church catcdto St. Peter. It is a spacion bably in the l.'fth century, and has a to date than tho body of tho church. The tow _, presents on its front a mixture of round and ] arches and windows, is an interesting s]>ocim< n < Saxon architecture. Tho chun h 1433, and an effigy of Lord Beaumont, who i grant of tho manor from King Henry II. r large and handsom ledicat Mary, supposed to have been originally It was built in the llth century, and English style. There are < tho Independents, Roman < Primitive M, tliodists. The charitable endo the parish amount to 250 per annum, lind in blue-coat charity, f.'imd'd in IC.ii'.l by John T produce of which is 135 ; a similar charity < by Magdalen George ; a free school foun : almshouses founded by Thomas Holland, in 16 " others. Monday is the market-day. A cattle : D06 .1 fortnight, and a fair on Trinity Thu P.AkTuN-ON-IKVKI.L. a tnshp. in the . Eccles, and hund. of Sulford, in the co. palatine o