Backford, par. and township, with seat, W. Cheshire,
3¼ miles N. of Chester—par., 3185 ac., pop. 515 ; town-
ship, 764 ac., pop. 125.

Backies, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles N. of Golspie,
SE. Sutherlandshire; has ruined ancient tower.

Backlass, hill, Watten par., Caithness-shire, alt. 300
ft.; a fair is held annually.

Backinuir.—vil., Largo par., Fifeshire, 2¼ miles SE.
of Ceres.—2. Backinuir, vil., Liff and Benvie par.,
SW. Forfarshire, 5¼ miles NW. of Dundee.

Baek Tor, almost perpendicular face of gritstone, N.
Derbyshire, 4¼ miles from Castleton, overlooking Edale.

Backwater, hamlet and small stream, Lintrathen
par., Forfarshire.

Baekwell, par., E. Somerset, 1 mile SE. of Nailsea
ry. sta., 7 miles SW. of Bristol, 2902 ac., pop. 960.

Backwood Lodge, near Parkgate, NW. Cheshire.

Backwortli, township with ry. sta., Earsdon par.,
S. Northumberland, 4¼ miles NW. of North Shields,
1588 ac., pop. 2056; has extensive collieries. Back-
worth Hall is in the vicinity.

Bacon Hole, cave, on coast of Glamorgan, 8 miles
SW. of Swansea ; interesting fossils have been found.

Baconsthorpe, par., N. Norfolk, 3 miles SE. of
Holt, 1360 ac., pop. 293; P.O.

Bacton.—par., SW. Herefordshire, near riverDore, 11
miles SW. of Hereford, 1155 ac., pop. 110.—2. Bacton,
coast par., N. Norfolk, 4¼ miles NE. of N. Walsham,
1770 ac., pop. 464 ; P.O.—3. Bacton, par., W. Suffolk,
near Finningham ry. sta., and 6 miles N. of Stow-
market, 2204 ac., pop. 642 ; P.O.

Bacup, mun. bor., Rochdale and Whalley pars., Lanca-
shire, 19¼ miles N. of Manchester by rail, 6400 ac., pop.
25,034; 1 Bank, 2 newspapers. Market, daily. The
staple industries are cotton spinning and power-loom
weaving. In the neighbourhood are numerous coal-pits
and vast stone quarries. Bacup was incorporatedin 1882.

Badbury, or Badbury Kings.—hundred, E. Dorset,
26,880 ac., pop. 7657.—2. Badbury, tithing, Wimborne
Minster par., E. Dorset, 4¼ miles NW. of Wimborne.
An ancient camp, called Badbury Bings, crowns a hill
in the vicinity.—3. Badbury, hamlet, Chisledon par.,
N. Wilts, 3¼ miles SE. of Swindon.

Badbury HiU, hill crowned by a Danish camp,
NW. Berks, 2 miles SW. of Faringdon.

Badby, par. and vil., S. Northamptonshire, 2¼ miles
SW. of Daventry, 2370 ac., pop. 530 ; P.O. An ancient
camp, 10 ac. in extent, with fosse and ramparts, is
situated on Arbury Hill.

Badcaul, hamlet, rivulet, and bay, Eddrachillis par.,
NW. Sutherlandshire.

Baddesley Clinton, par. and seat, N. Warwickshire,
at Kingswood ry. sta., 8¼ miles NW. of Warwick, 1329
ac., pop. 134.

Baddesley Ensor, par., N. Warwickshire, 3 miles
NW. of Atherstone, 1100 ac., pop. 932 ; P.O.

Baddesley, North, par., S. Hants, near Chandler’s
Ford ry. sta., 3¼ m. SE. of Romsey, 2582 ac., pop. 358.

Baddesley, South, eccl. dist., Boldre par., S.
Hants, 2¼ miles NE. of Lymington, pop. 473.

Baddiley, par., W. Cheshire, on Ellesmere Canal,
3 miles SW. of Nantwich, 1981 ac., pop. 285.

Baddingham. See Badingham.

Baddington, township, Acton par., W. Cheshire,
2 miles SW. of Nantwich, 1446 ac., pop. 147.

Baddow, Great, par. and vil. with seat, NW. Essex,
2 miles SE. of Chelmsford, 3910 ac., pop. 2055 ; P.O.

Baddow, Little, par. and vil., NW. Essex, 4 miles
NE. of Chelmsford, 2756 ac., pop. 541; P.O.

Baden, or Baddanloch, loch (3¼ miles long), Kil-
donan par., E. Sutherlandshire.

Badenoch, mountainous dist., SE. Inverness-shire,
45 miles long and 19 broad, and traversed by river Spey ;
it was held in the time of Robert II. by his son, sur-
named the “Wolf of Badenoch.”

Badenscoth, hamlet and seat, 3 miles NW. of
Rothie-Norman sta., Auchterless par., Aberdeenshire;
P.O., 1 Bank.

Badcnsgill, hamlet and small stream, in par. and 2¼
miles NW. of Linton, Peeblesshire.

Badentoy, seat, and place with public school, 1¼
miles from Portlethen sta., Banchory-Devenick par.,
Kincardineshire.