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ILL. loaf Hill. The latter ri.-rs !' tin' height of 1,1- aibo' ia an elegant structure in the Itali.in I ifully .'rounds near the foot of tho hill, >f hill and s< i A th, ; 'iid Court, St. Valcri>. ho seat of Lord 1'lunket. i . 'I'll' n an- i.maius of castles at Little Bray, Fassarow House. A. martullo IOW.T rtand n. MI r.i.i 11 ad T:I. -! u -11. 'i s i-.ui'i ;;, ai. tin' .ire held on tin- 1'Jth January, the 4th v h August, Mi<l the 1'Jth November, for

lie 1st March, May, and .luly,

tin; nth Angus'. Ill De- cember, for the sale of cattle. There ia a racecourse on tin 1 ii'iith bunk of the river, where races are held once a year. BRAYBBOOKE, a par. in the hund. of Kothwcll, in tho co. of Northampton, 3 miles to the 8.E. of Market Harborough, its post town. Tho south-east branch of the Midland railway passes by this place. A castle for- merly existed here, whieh v:^ tho sent of the GrilKns, one of wh drillin, was created Lord Bray- brook in 1788. Tho living ia a rect.* in tho dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of 600, in the patron, of the .1. W.l'ield. The church is dedicated to All Saints, and contains a monument oi Sir Nicholas Griffin, who dird in Iv a figure of a knight supposed to be that of Sir T. Ijatiim r. Thero is a chapel belong- ing to tlif liiijjtists in tin' village, and a National school 'd in 1836 by Mrs. Bousquet. Tho charitable endowments, which'include two small bequests for edu- n, amount to 21 per annum. Robert de Bray- brooko, lord chancellor in the reign of Henry IV., was bom here. This place gives the title of baron to Lord Braybrooke, the present representative of the Griffin family. BRAYDON, a hmlt. in the par. of Purton, hund. of Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, in the co. of Vilts, 4 mUes to the S. of Cricklade. BRAYFllil.D, roLD, a par. in the hund. of . in the co. of Buckingham, 3 miles to tho . of ( Hnov, it.s post town. It ia situated on the border of Bedfordshire, on the banks of tho river Ouso. Tho living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the vie. of Lav in tho dioc. of Oxford. The church is dedicated to BEAT, HIGH, a par. in tho hund. of Shcrwill, in tho co. of Devon, 6 miles to tho N. of South Molton. It is situated on the confines of Somersetshire, on the banks of the river Bray, a branch of the Taw. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of 280, in the patron, of T. P. Ac-land, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. BRA V 1 1 T N ! of the 20 hunds. or sub- divisions of tho co. of Berks, situated in tho eastern part of tho co., and bounded by part of the hund. of Cookham on the N., by the river Thames on ti and by tho hund. of Beynhurst on the 8. and W. It contains tho par. of Bray, which includes part of the town of Maidenhead. Its area is 9,102 acres. BBA.T8TONI8, a hmlt. in th.- tnshp. of L<

ter, and par. of St. Bees, v

Dorwrnt, in tlio co. of Cumberland, 3 miles to the S. of It is a station on tho Whitehaven and >'urness .liini-tiim railway. ItKAYTII" ilINI-:. a hmlt. in the ehjilry. ol'Stainl.inn, and par. of Kirkbv Overblow, wap. of Claro, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 3 mill - t" tin N.E. of BUAYTOFT, or I'.K'ATolT, I par. in tin- Wold div. of tho wap. of Candlcshoo, parts < t l.i:,-Ui-y, in the co. of Lincoln, 4 miles to tin N. of Wainlln t. Spilshy is its post town. The Boston and ( irimsby i etion ol' the Giwt Northern iaila pane* near it Tin- living is a rect.* in the ilioi-. of Lincoln, of the val. of r.'.'i.'i. in tin- patron ot tin- loid chancellor. The church is dedicated toSS | ]. BRA VI ON, I limit, in tho par. of Aspatrin, ward of Allerdalo-bel Oumba to tin S.V Q, It ia a station o I I'"N. a par. in t them ! Ash, in the West Riding 1 mile to the M.V. of Selby, its ]. 1 ranch canal Ouso with Hull, Sclby, and Mil frd ,lur pa place. The par. includes ti i 'rth, and tl ton, and Thorpe- Will' : -"gui the dioc. of ork, of the in tk of Lord Londcsborough. The church it dw St. Vilfrid. It ia partly in the Normanjrii^H various other styles of an 1 , west end is N nnun, and is sum. in the perpendicular M le. In church, there are two chapels of case and the other t including a small bequest fur a s 40 per annum. Near the villag Brayton liarf. Lord Lond> Brooke, of ' . ltci principal lai i l!KKA<'HVi MI|I i vil. of King's Walden, in i from Hitchin. and ") from V. .vrtj .l. HI- ancient divs. or stowartries of tho co situated in the wester; about 33 miles in length and aber and Atholl form i' earn and Menteith its the Grampian Monnta. two or three villages pastured on the hills, and under cultivation. L' in the dist; abundance, with small and other minerals. ]'i is found in abundance, a branch of the family of Can. almost entirely belong mouth Castle, near the The name is sonutin nilies a ' hill country. iv- 100 years ago, warlik' of troubl have acquired habits "t ii.dustr . v improved tin; land Hugh Cameron, a humble part of the country, as by first constructing in .s a man of uncon BKEAD8ALL, the co town. The I lossed by the N.uth Midland raili 1 and tin li 1 -' i 1 ' k family, about the middli and BubsLi|u. ;.n Ai It had an d was given to Henry, Duke of s led in the parish, and some ployed in : n et.' in l! 'henn with lo'2 a. i. in tin i. a si a tower and lolly spin ;red in i ted to All Saints, and i ..ntains a monnnei botanist and ]>oet, Dr. Darwin, who died in isall I'riory. Thi rectory of thii pw ...n, a learned fonnist of the 17th "century. The WeJejnuu 1S30