Bishops Cannings, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 3 miles
NE. of Devizes—par., 12,641 ac., pop. 4583; vil., pop.
955; p.o.

Bishops Castle, par. and market town with ry. sta.,
S. Shropshire, 9½ miles SW. of Church Stretton—par.,
5649 ac., pop. 1983; town, pop. 1788; P.O., T.o., 1
Bank. _ Market-day, Friday. To W. is Bishops Mote,
an ancient entrenchment.

Bishop’s Caundle. See Caundle Bishop.

Bishops Cleeve, par. and township, E. Gloucestersh.,
3m. NE. of Cheltenham—par., 8150 ac., pop. 1825; town¬
ship, pop. 650; P.O. To E. are the Cleve hills with
ancient British camp, and the Cheltenham racecourse.

Bishop’s Court.—seat, 3 miles E. of Exeter, Devon.
—2. Bishops Court, seat of Bishop of Sodor and Man,
Michael par., Isle of Man, 8½ miles SW. of Ramsey.

Bishop’s Court. — place, 4½ miles SE. of Down¬
patrick, SE. co. Down; p.o.—2. Bishop’s Court, seat,
5 miles NE. of Naas, E. co. Kildare.

Bishopsdown, hamlet, Caundle-Bishop par., NW.
Dorset, 4½ miles SE. of Sherborne.

Bishops-Fee, liberty, St Margaret’s par., S. Lei¬
cestershire, within Leicester borough.

Bishops-Fonthill, par., S. Wilts, 2 miles NE. of
Hindon, 1735 ac., pop. 196 ; P.O.

Bishop’s Forest, eminence, Kirkpatrick-Irongray
par., Kirkcudbrightshire, alt. 1285 ft.

Bishops-Frome, par. and township, E. Herefordsh.,
on river Frome, 4 miles S. of Bromyard—par., 3920
ac., pop. 860; township, pop. 727 ; P.O.

Bishopsgate.—hamlet, on NW. border of Surrey,
adjacent to Windsor Park, and near Virginia Water.
Here Shelley, the poet, wrote his “ Alastor.” — 2.
Bishopsgate, ry. sta., in London, Middlesex, 1 mile
NE. of St Paul’s.

Bishops Hatfield. See Hatfield.

Bishop’s Hill, eminence, Kinross-shire, near Loch
Leven, alt. 1292 ft.

Bishops-Hull, par., W. Somerset, 1½ mile W. of
Taunton, 1341 ac., pop. 1530; P.O.; contains seat of
Bishops-Hull House.

Bishopside, High and Low, township, in par. and
11 miles SW. of Ripon, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire,
6005 ac., pop. 2566.

Bishop’s Isle, islet, SW. co. Clare, 2 m. SE. of Kilkee.

Bishops-Itchington, par., S. Warwickshire, on river
Itchin, 3¾ miles SW. of Southam, pop. 710; P.O.

Bishop’s Lavington. See Lavington West.

Bishop’s Loch.—2| miles NW. of Coatbridge, N.
Lanarkshire; is one of the reservoirs for the Forth
and Clyde Canal.—2. Bishop’s Loch, in SE. of New
Machar par., Aberdeenshire.

Bishops-Lydeard, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W.
Somerset, 5 miles NW. of Taunton, 4686 ac., pop.
1196; P.O., T.O. The church has remarkable tower in
Perpendicular English.

Bishops-Nympton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N.
Devon, 3½ miles SE. of South Molton, 9579 ac., pop.
1150; P.O.

Bishops-Offlow, township, Adbaston par., W. Staf¬
fordshire, 3½ miles W. of Eccleshall.

Bishop’s Road, ry. sta., at Paddington, London,
Middlesex.

Bishop’s Seat, summit, in par. and 2½ miles W. of
Dunoon, Argyllshire, alt. 1651 ft.

Bishops-Sutton.—hundred, N. Hants, 19,774 ac.,
pop. 3549; contains 6 pars.—2. Bishops-Sutton, par.,
N. Hants, on river Arle, 1J mile SE. of Alresford,
3746 ac., pop. 463; P.O.—3. Bishops-Sutton, 5 miles
from Chew Magna, Somerset; P.O.

Bishops-Tachhrook, par., S. Warwickshire, 2| miles
SW. of Leamington, 3446 ac., pop. 595.

Bishops-Tawton, par. and vil., N. Devon, on river
Taw, 2 miles SE. of Barnstaple, 4263 ac., pop. 1895;
p.o.; once the seat of the see of Devonshire.

Bishopsteignton, par. and vil., E. Devon, 2 miles
SW. of Teignmouth, 4748 ac., pop. 1145 ; P.O., T.o.

Bishopstoke, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Hants,
on river Itchin, 6½ miles NE. of Southampton, 3431
ac., pop. 1537; P.O., T.o.

Bishopston.—par., W. Glamorgan, 6 miles SW. of
Swansea, 2387ac., pop. 457; P.O.—2. Bishopston, eccl.
dist., Horfield par.,Gloucestersh., nr. Bristol, pop. 3361.

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

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