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Brocklesby Park, on the Wolds, 14 mile SW. of sta.,
is the seat of the Earl of Yarborough.

Brockley.—par., E. Somerset, 8 miles SW. of Bristol,
692 ac., pop. 109 ; contains Brockley Court. Brock-
ley Combe, a rocky, wooded dell, surrounded by hills,
was a favourite resort of Coleridge.—2. Brockley,
par., W. Suffolk, 6 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds,
1565 ac., pop. 616.—3. Brockley, hamlet, 1 mile SW.
of Lewisham, W. Kent.—4. Brockley, sta. on the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Ry., W. Kent, 34
miles SE. of London Bridge sta.

Brockley Green, 7 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds,
W. Suffolk; P.O.

Brockley Hill.—eccl. dist. (St Saviour), Lewisham
par., W. Kent, pop. 5074.—2. Brockley Hill, emin-
ence, on N. border of Middlesex, 2 m. NAY. of Edgware.

Brockley Lane, sta. on London, Chatham, and
Dover Ry., W. Kent, 34 m. SE. of London Bridge sta.

Brockley Whins, ry. sta., 6 miles E. of Gateshead,
N. Durham.

Brockmanton, township, Puddlestone par., NE.
Herefordshire, 44 miles E. of Leominster.

Brockmoor, eccl. dist. (St John), Kingswinford par.,
AY. Staffordshire, pop. 3552.

Brockthorpe. See Brookthorpe.

Brockton.—township with ry. sta. (Milford and
Brocton), Baswick par., in W. of co. and 4 miles SE.
of Stafford, 1990 ac., pop. 224.—2. Brockton, hamlet,
Worthen par., S. Shropshire, 94 miles N. of Bishops
Castle.—3. Brockton, place, Longford par., N. Shrop-
shire, 2 miles SAV. of Newport.—4. Brockton, place
with school, North Lydbury par., S. Shropshire, on
border of co., 2 miles S. of Bishops Castle.

Brockwear, vil., on river Wye, W. Gloucestershire,
6 miles N. of Chepstow; P.O.

Brockvvell, place, on the NE. border of Surrey,
1 mile AY. of Dulwich.

Brockworth, par. and vil., in co. and 4 miles SE.
of Gloucester, 1847 ac., pop. 445; P.O.

Brodicban, small loch, Crathie par., SW. Aberdeen-
shire, at alt. of 2303 ft.

Brodick, quoad sacra par., vil., and bay, Kilbride
par., Arran island, Buteshire, pop. of par. 993 ; P.O., T.O.
The vil., situated at the head of the bay, 4 miles NAY. of
Lamlash, is a favourite watering-place, with iron pier
for the accommodation of the steamboat traffic. On N.
shore of bay is Brodick Castle, seat of the Duke of
Hamilton, occupying the site and embracing a con-
siderable portion of a very ancient fortress.

Brodic, sta. on Highland Ry., NW. Elginshire, 34
miles SW. of Forres; P.O., T.O. In the vicinity is the
castellated mansion of Brodic House, the seat of the
ancient family of Brodie.

Brodsworth, par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
54 miles NW. of Doncaster, 3120 ac., pop. 346; p.o.

Brogaig, vil., W. Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire.

Brogden-witb-Adinergill, township, Barnoldswiclc
par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 9 miles SW. of
Skipton, 1782 ac., pop. 110.

Brogyntyn, seat of Lord Harlech, N. Shropshire;
post-town, Oswestry.

Broicb, seat, near Crieff, Perthshire.

Broil, hamlet, S. AVilts, on border of co., 5 miles
SAY. of Hungerford.

Broke Hall, 4 miles SE. of Ipswich, E. Suffolk; the
seat of a successor of Sir Philip B. Yere Broke, the
victor in the frigate-duel between the Shannon and
the Chesapeake, 1813.

Brokchampton and Knowle, place, Buckland
Newton par., Dorset, 34 miles NE. of Cerne Abbas.

Brokenborough, par., N. Wilts, 2 miles NW. of
Malmesbury, 2552 ac., pop. 370; P.O.

Broken Cross, school, Macclesfield dist., E. Chesh.

Brokenhaugb, hamlet, 6 miles NW. of Hexham, S.
Northumberland.

Broluin, sea-inlet, on SE. coast of Lewis, Outer
Hebrides, Ross-shire.

Broinborough, par. and township with ry. sta., W.
Cheshire, 4 miles SE. of Birkenhead—par., 2574 ac.,
902 tidal water, and 772 foreshore, pop. 1521; town-
ship, 1555 ac., pop. 1335; P.O., T.o.

Bromby, township, Frodingham par., N. Lincoln-
shire, 6 miles NW. of Brigg, pop. 203.

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Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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