Brownsharn Honse, 3 miles SE. of Thomastown,
E. co. Kilkenny.

Browns Bay, at the entrance to Larne Lough, E.
co. Antrim.

Brownsca, island with vil., in Poole harb., 2 miles
S. of Poole, SE. Dorset. The island is 6 miles in cir-
cumference. On E. coast is Brownsea Castle, built
in the reign of Elizabeth, for defence of the harbour.

Brownsford House, 7 miles SE. of Thomastown,
SE. co. Kilkenny.

Brownsgrove, 5m. from Tuam, N. co. Galway; p.o.

BrownshaU.—hundred, N. Dorset, 10,861 ac., pop.
2668; contains 4 pars.—2. Brownshall, hamlet, N.
Dorset, 54 miles SE. of Sherborne.

Brown’s Hill, seat, E.Gloucestersh.; post-tn., Stroud.

Brownside. See Chinley, Bugsworth, &c.

Brownside, on river Levern, Neilston par., Ren-
frewshire ; has extensive quarry of trap rock.

Browns mills, vil., 2 m. NE. of Kinsale, S. co. Cork.

Brownsover, township, Clifton-on-Dunsmore par.,
N. Warwickshire, 2 miles NE. of Rugby, 872 ac., pop.
90; birthplace of Laurence Sheriff, founder of Rugby
School. In the township is Brownsover Hall.

Brownstone, vil., 3 m. NE. of Modbury, S. Devon.

Brown stown, par. and seat, mid. co. Meath, 5 miles
SE. of Navan, 1198 ac., pop. 193; P.O.

Brownstown Head, promontory, SE. co. Water-
ford, alt. 102 ft.

Browns Wells, hamlet, Finchley par., Middlesex,
7 miles NW. of St Paul’s, London.

Brownswood, seat, co. Wexford ; post-town, Ennis-
corthy.

Brown Willy, highest summit in Cornwall, 44 miles
SE. of Camelford, alt. 1368 ft.

Browsholme, school, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
34 miles NW. of Clitheroe. Browsholme HaU, in
the vicinity, a mansion of time of Henry VIL, contains,
among other interesting antiquities, the original silver
seal of the Commonwealth.

Browston, hamlet, Belton par., E. Suffolk, 44 miles
SW. of Yarmouth.

Broxa, township and hamlet, Hackness par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 44 miles NW. of Scarborough, 533
ac., pop. 55.

Broxash, hundred, NE. Herefordshire, 58,995 ac.,
pop. 11,041; contains 28 pars.

Broxbourn, par. and township with ry. sta., SE.
Herts, 44 miles N. of Waltham Abbey—pat., 4535 ac.
(51 water), pop. 3466; township, 1932 ac. (22 water),
pop. 785; P.O., T.O.; contains seat of Broxbourn Bury.

Broxburn.—mining town, with oil-works, Uphall
par., E. Linlithgowshire, 11 miles W. of Edinburgh by
rail, pop. 3066; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.—2. Broxburn,
river, Haddingtonshire, flowing 7 miles NE. to the
North Sea at Broxmouth.—3. Broxburn, affluent of
river Almond, Linlithgowshire.

Broxfield, township, Embleton par., N. Northum-
berland, 2 miles NE. of Alnwick, 319 ac., pop. 22.

Broxholme.—par., in mid. of co. and 6 miles NW.
of Lincoln, 1298 ac., pop. 114.—2. Broxholme, seat,
E. div. AYest-Riding Yorkshire ; post-town, Ripley.

Broxmore Park, 4 miles NW. of Romsey, S. Hants.

Broxmouth, hamlet, on E. coast of Haddington-
shire, at mouth of Broxburn river, 14 mile SE. of
Dunbar. Broxmouth Park is a seat of the Duke of
Roxburghe. On the low ground to the W. Cromwell
defeated the Scottish army under Leslie (1650).

Broxted, par., NW. Essex, on river Chelmer, 44
miles NW. of Dunmow, 3194 ac., pop. 697; P.O.

Broxton.—hundred, AY. Cheshire, 77,875 ac., pop.
20,522; contains 5 pars, and parts of 5 others.—2.
Broxton, township with ry. sta., Malpas par., W.
Cheshire, 15 miles SE. of Chester, 2131 ac., pop. 521.

Broxtow.—wapentake, N. Notts, 76,421 ac., pop.
83,210 ; contains 32 pars.—2. Broxtow, hamlet, inco.
and 3 miles NAY. of Nottingham ; in vicinity is Brox-
tow Hall, the property of Lord Middleton.

Broxwood, seat, 4 miles SW. of Pembridge, NW.
Herefordshire; p.o.

Broyle, The, ancient embankment, 1 mile N. of
Chichester, W. Sussex.

BroynlUs, par. and vil., NE. Brecknockshire, 7 miles
SW. of Hay, 2109 ac., pop. 301; P.O.

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