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Borthwick.—par. and hamlet, the latter near Fushie-
bridge ry. sta., SE. Edinburghshire, 9806 ac., pop. 1741;
contains Borthwick Castle, a double tower of 15th
centrny, in which Queen Mary resided 3 weeks after her
marriage with Bothwell, and from which she fled to
Dunbar in the disguise of a page.—2. Borthwick,
affluent of river Teviot, Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire,
flowing 13 miles NE. to the Teviot 2 m. above Hawick.

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Borthwickbrae and Borthwlckshiels, 2 seats,
Roberton par., on mid. W. border of Roxburghshire.

Borwick, township with ry. sta., Warton par., N.
Lancashire, 2 miles E. of Carnforth, 846 ac., pop. 246;
P.O.; the vil. is 1 mile E. of the sta. Borwick HaU
is in the vicinity.

Boshury, par. and vil., E. Herefordshire, on river
Leddon, 4 miles NW. of Ledbury, 4769 ac., pop. 989;
P.O.; contains Bosbury House.

Boseastle, coast vil. and seat, Minster and Forra-
bury pars., W. Cornwall, 5 miles N. of Camelford and
20 miles W. of Launceston ry. sta.; P.O., T.o.; much
resorted to for the grandeur of its coast scenery.

Boscawcn, manor, St Buryan par., W. Cornwall;
the “Nine Maidens,” a Druidical circle of 16 stones,
stands on a farm in the vicinity.

Boscobel, par., N. Shropshire, on verge of the co.,
6 miles NE. of Shifnal, 600 ac., pop. 23. Boscobel
House was a hiding-place of Charles II., after the
battle of Worcester, Sept. 3, 1651.

Boscombe.—par., S., Wilts, 4 miles SE. of Ames-
bury, 1688 ac., pop. 115; P.O. Richard Hooker was
rector from 1591 to 1595.—2. Boseomhe, a summer
resort of tourists and ry. sta., Hants, in E. suburbs
of Bournemouth; P.O., TO. The seats of B. Manor
and B. Tower are in the immediate vicinity; also
Boscombe Chine, a narrow ravine.

Bosham.—hundred, Chichester rape, W. Sussex,
10,575 ac., pop. 2855; contains 5 pars.—2. Bosham,
par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Sussex, 3¼ miles SW. of
Chichester, 3157 ac., pop. 1255; P.O.

Bosheston, coast par., in S. of co. and 5 miles SW.
of Pembroke, 1664 ac., pop. 174; P.O. The limestone
cliffs are honeycombed with caverns; the largest,
Boshestonmere, runs inland more than ¼ mile.

Boskednan, locality with Druidical circle 66 ft. in
diameter, 2 miles NE. of Penzance, W. Cornwall.

Boskenna, seat, St Buryan par., W. Cornwall, 4
miles SW. of Penzance; in vicinity are a cromlech and
a circle of 19 stones.

Bosley, township with ry. sta., Prestbury par., E.
Cheshire, 6¼ miles NW. of Macclesfield, 3190 ac. (120
water), pop. 400; P.O.

Bosmere.—hundred, S. Hants, 6374 ac., pop. 3695;
contains 3 pars.—2. Bosmere, lakelet, formed by river
Gipping, 1 mile SE. of Needham Market, E. Suffolk.

Bosporthenius, locality containing ancient remains,
about 1 mile from Penzance, Cornwall.

Bossall, par., West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Der-,
went, 10 miles E. of York, 9600 ac., pop. 1077; con-
tains BossaU and Butter-Crambe, township, 2692 ac.,
pop. 171.

Bossington.—par., S. Hants, on river Anton, 3
miles SW. of Stockbridge, 629 ac., pop. 33.—2. Bos-
sington, tithing, Porlock par., W. Somerset, on E.
side of Porlock Bay.

Bostock, township, Davenham par., mid. Cheshire,
2¼ miles NW. of Middlewich, 1141 ac., pop. 198;
contains Bostock HaU.

Boston, par., mun. and pari, bor., and seaport town,
S. Lincolnshire, on river Witham, 30 miles SE. of
Lincoln and 107 miles NE. of London by rail—par.,
2801 ac., pop. 14,937; mun. bor., 2664 ac., pop. 14,941;
pari, bor., 8872 ac., pop. 18,873; 4 Banks, 4 newspapers.
Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Its early name
was St Botolph’s town. The church of St Botolph is a
Gothic structure, with tower 282 ft. high. The ship-
ping of B. had for a long time fallen off from the silting
up of the harb. with sand; but, in 1881, a new channel
was constructed, which has brought the port within

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

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