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Bradwall, township and seat, in par. and 2 miles
NAY. of Sandbach, mid. Cheshire, 2114 ac. pop. C62.

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/ Bradway, hamlet, Norton par., East-Riding York-
shire, near New Malton.

Bradweil.—par. andry. sta., N. Bucks, 1£ m. SE. of
AYolverton, 917 ac., pop. 2460; P.O.; contains Brad well
House.—2. Bradweil (Essex). See
Bradwell-next-
Coggeshall
and Bradwell-near-the-Sea.—3. Brad-
well,
township, Hope par., North Derbyshire, 2 miles
SE. of Castleton and 12 miles SAY. of Sheffield, 2174
ac., pop. 1019; P.O.; here is a stalactitic cavern, with
numerous chambers, 400 yards long.—4. BradweU,
par. and township, AY. Oxfordshire, 8 miles SAY. of
AYitney—par., 5659 ac. (14 water), pop. 1166; town-
ship, 1725 ac., pop. 255.—5. BradweU, par., E. Suffolk,
3 m. SAY. of Great Yarmouth, 2383 ac., pop. 540; P.O.

Bradweil Abbey, par., N. Bucks, 34 miles SEL of
Stony Stratford, 447 ac., pop. 28.

Bradwell-near-thc-Sea, par., NE. Essex, 10 miles
E. of Maldon, 5015 ac. and 5617 tidal water and fore-
shore, pop. 999; P.O.

Bradwell-next-Coggeshall, par., NE. Essex, on r.
Blackwater, 4m. SE. of Braintree, 1183 ac., pop. 251; P.O.

Brad worthy, par. and vil., S. Devon, 12 miles SAY.
of Bideford, 9586 ac., pop. 887; P.O.

Brae.—hamlet, 22 miles NAY. of Lerwick, Shetland;
P.O.—2. Brae, dist. of Kilmonivaig par., Inverness-sh.

Brae-Aiuat, district of Kincardine par., Cromarty-
shire, on river Carron.

Brae Dunstan, low hill-ridge, Eccles par., Berwicksh.

Braegrum, vil., near Methven, Perthshire.

Brachead.—vil., Carnwath par., E. Lanarkshire, 7
miles NE. of Lanark, pop. 432.—2. Brachead, vil., Old
Monkland par., Lanarksh., 2 m. AY. of Coatbridge, pop.
667.—3. Braehead, vil., 74 miles S. of Glasgow, NAY.
Lanarksh.—4. Braehead, estate, Cramond par., Edin-
burghsh.; part of it is said to have been granted by
James Y. to the Howisons in reward for his rescue from
a gang of gipsies during one of his wandering exploits.

BraelangwcU, estate, Kirkmichael par., E. Ross-
shire, 24 miles from Invergordon.

Braeiuar.—quoad sacra par., Crathie and Braemar
par., SAY, Aberdeensh., pop. 859; P.O., T.o., at Castle-
ton of Braemar, 18 miles AY. by S. of Ballater ry. sta.
B. is remarkable for the grandeur of its scenery. It
lies among the Grampian mountains, and contains Ben
Macdhui (4296 ft.), Braeriach (4248), Cairn Toul (4241),
Beinn-a-Bhuird (3924), and Lochnagar (3768).

Braemar Point Lighthouse, N. side of estuary of
Shannon, 24 m. below Limerick; has fixed light seen 5 m.

Braemore, deer forest(40,000ac.),Ross-sh.—2. Brae-
more, hill tract, in SAY. of Latheron par., Caithness-sh.

Braeriach, mountain, on border of Inverness-sh. and
Aberdeensh., one of the Cairngorm group, alt. 4248 ft.

Braes.—vil., Old Monkland par., N. Lanarkshire,
adjacent to Calderbank.—2. Braes, dist. with public
school, Portree par., Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

Braes of Abcrnethy, dist. of Grampians, Aber-
nethy par., Inverness-sh.—2. Braes of Balquhiddcr.
see
Balquhidder.—3. Braes of Dounc, hill range,
Upper Strathallan, Perthsh.—4. Braes of Gleniffer,
hills, in SAY. vicinity of Paisley, Renfrewshire; cele-
brated in Tannahill’s songs.—5. Braes of Glenorchy,
bills, in upper part of Glenorchy par., Argyllshire.—6.
Braes of Lome, hilly dist. of Kilninver par., Argyllsh.

Brafferton.—township, Ay cliff e par., S. Durham,
on river Skerne, 44 miles N. of Darlington, 2428 ac.,
pop. 171.—2. Brafferton, par., township, and vil.
with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Swale,
34 miles NE. of Boroughbridge—par., 4832 ac. (22
water), pop. 936 ; township, 1847 ac., pop. 242.

Braffords, vil., Swanland township, East-Riding
Yorkshire, 7 miles AY. of Hull.

Brafield-on-thc-Grecn, par., in S. of co. and 5 miles
SE.. of Northampton, 1980 ac., pop. 538.

Braganess, headland, in Sandsting par., Shetland,
on S. side of St Magnus Bay.

Bragar, North and South, vil., Barvas par., Ross-
shire and Cromartyshire, pop. 635.

Bragrum, hamlet, Methven par., SE. Perthshire,
64 miles NAY. of Perth.

Brahan Castle, seat, Urray par., E. Ross-shire, 4
miles SAY. of Dingwall.


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