Bourton on the HUl,par. andvil.,E.Gloucestersh.,
4½ miles NW. of Stow-on-the-Wold, 2960 ac., pop. 451;
P.O.; birthplace of Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613).

Bourton on the Water, par. and vil. with ry. sta.,
E. Gloucestershire, 5 miles NE. of Northleach, 2282
ac., pop. 1157; P.O., t.o.

Bourtree Bush, vil., 7 miles from Stonehaven, E.
Kincardineshire.

Bousileld, hamlet, Orton par., mid. Westmorland.

Bousta, vil., Dunrossness par., Shetland.

Boustead Hill, township, Burgh-by-Sands par., E.
Cumberland, 7 miles NW. of Carlisle.

Bouth, place with public school, 5 miles NE. of
Ulverston, N. Lancashire.

Bovain, 4 miles from Moy, E. co. Tyrone; P.O.

Bovedy, 3 m. W. of Kilrea, E. co. Londonderry; P.O.

Boveney, liberty, Burnham par., S. Bucks, on river
Thames, 2 miles W. of Eton.

BovenhUl, hamlet, Tettenhall par., W. Stafford¬
shire, 1 mile NW. of Wolverhampton.

Boveray. See Boreray.

Boveridge, seat, 1J m. NE. of Cranborne, NE. Dorset.

Boverton, hamlet, Lantwit Major par., SE. Gla¬
morgan, 4½ miles SE. of Cowbridge; p.o.

Bovevagh, par. and hamlet, mid. co. Londonderry,
4 miles N. of Dungiven, 18,003 ac., pop. 3095 ; P.O.

Bovey, North, par., E. Devon, on river Wrey, 2 m.
SW. of Moreton Hampstead, 5654 ac., pop. 439; P.O.

Bovey Tracey, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Bovey),
E. Devon, on river Wrey, 6 miles SE. of Moreton
Hampstead, 7262 ac., pop. 2127; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank;
has extensive potteries.

Bovingdon, par., W. Herts, on border of co.,3 miles
SE. of Berkhampstead, 3958 ac., pop. 1054; P.O.

Bovinger, 1 m. from Blake Hallry. sta., Essex; P.O.

Bovisand, small bay, on E. side of Plymouth Sound,
S. Devon, 3 miles SE. of Plymouth.

Bow. See Boa.

Bow, or Nymet Tracey, par. and vil. with ry. sta.
(Bow), N. Devon, 15 miles NW. of Exeter, 2740 ac., pop.
815; P.O., T.O., called Bow; 1 Bank.

Bow, or Stratford-lc-Bow, par. and ry. sta., Tower
Hamlets, London, 3 miles E. of St Paul’s, pop. 37,074.

Bow and Arrow Castle, pentagonal tower, on coast
of Dorset, l½m. NE. of Portland Bill; on crag 300ft. high.

Bowhank, hamlet, Lunedale township, Romald Kirk
par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 10 miles NW. of Barnard
Castle.

Bo wheat, summit of the Moorfoot hills, Temple par.,
mid. E. Edinburghshire, alt. 2049 ft.

Bow Beech, hamlet, on W. border of Kent, 6 miles
W. of Tunbridge ; P.O.

Bowhridge.—hamlet, Stroud par., E. Gloucester¬
shire.—2. Bowhridge, hamlet, Low Abbotside town¬
ship, North-Riding Yorkshire, 1 mile W. of Askrigg.

Bow Brook, affluent of river Cale, tracing boundary
between Dorset and Somerset.

Bowcomhe, hamlet, Carisbrooke par., Isle of Wight,
Hants, 2½ miles SW. of Newport. Bowcombe Down,
a picturesque valley, is in the vicinity.

Bowden.—par. and vil., NW. Roxburghshire, 1
mile W. of St Boswells ry. sta. and 3 miles S. of
Melrose, 7667 ac., pop. 769; P.O. The vil. contains
an ancient cross, and ruins or sites of old Border
keeps. In the church aisle the Dukes of Roxburghe
have their burial-place.—2. Bowden, eminence, in co.
and 2 miles SW. of Linlithgowshire, alt. 749 ft.

Bowden Edge, township, in par. and 1 mile NE. of
Chapel-en-le-Frith, N. Derbyshire.

Bowden, Great, par. and township, S. Leicestershire,
on river Welland, 1 mile NE. of Market Harborough—
par., 3120 ac., pop. 4403; township, pop. 1985; P.O.

Bowden, Little, par., N. Northamptonshire, ½ mile
S. of Market Harborough, 1670 ac., pop. 960.

Bowden Park, 3½ miles S. of Chippenham, Wilts.

Bowder Stone. See Borrowdale (Cumberland).

Bowdon, par. and township with ry. sta., mid.
Cheshire—par. (containing Altrincham), 20,254 ac. (164
water), pop. 23,770; township. 850 ac., pop. 2559; P.O.;
contains Bowdon Downs; P.O., T.o.

Bowdon House, 1½ mile S. of Totnes, Devon.

I Bowent or Collcdge, affluent of river Glen, N.

! Northumberland ; 7 miles long.

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

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