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Annan (Scotland) and 12 miles NAV. of Carlisle, 1191 ac. and 10,553 foreshore, pop. 1369; P.O., T.o. There are traces of the Roman wall of Severus.—2. Bowness, small town, Undermilbeck township, Westmorland, on E. side of Lake AVindermere, 14 mile S. of AVinder- mere sta. and 8 NAV. of Kendal; pop. 1855 ; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has a good quay and pier, and excellent hotel accommodation, and is a centre for tour- ists visiting the lakes. The church is a very ancient structure, and has been carefully restored.—3. Bow- ness, hamlet and crag, AV. Cumberland, near mid. of N. side of Ennerdale Water. — 4. Bowness, small peninsula, AV. Cumberland, on E. side of Bas- senthwaite AA7ater, near Bassenthwaite vil. _
Bow-of-Fife, 3 miles from Cupar, Fifeshire ; P.O.
Bowood.—hamlet, Harpford par., E. Devon, _1 mile from Tipton St Johns ry. sta.—2. Bowood, tithing, Netherbury par., AV. Dorset, 2 miles SAV. of Bea- minster.—3. Bowood, liberty, N. AVilts, 2 miles SAV. of Caine; was part of Pewisham forest, a hunting ground of James I. Bowood Park is a seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Bowriefauld, vil., Dunnichen par., mid. Forfarshire.
Bowringsleigli, seat, £m. S. of Kingsbridge, Devon.
Bow Hoad, ry. sta., 3 miles E. of St Pauls, London.
Bowscale, township, Greystoke par., W. Cumberland, 9 miles NE. of Keswick, 1262 ac., pop. 32; contains Bowscale Tarn.
Bowsden, township, in par. and 3 miles NW. of Lowick, N. Northumberland; P.O.
Bow Street, vil. with ry. sta., Tirymynach township, N. Cardiganshire, 4 miles NE. of Aberystwith; P.O.
Bowthorpe.—par., S. Norfolk, on river Yare, 3 miles AV. of Norwich, 645 ac., pop. 55. — 2. Bowtkorpe (Yorkshire). See Menthorpe-with-Bowthorpe.
Bowthwaitc, hamlet, Fountains Earth township, Kirkby Malzeard par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire.
Bow Tor, hill, Dartmoor Forest, 64 miles S. of Oak- hampton, S. Devon.
Box.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. AVilts, 5 miles NE. of Bath, 4217 ac., pop. 2203; P.O., T.o.; contains good quarries. Box Tunnel is about If mile long, and in some places 300 ft. below the surface.—2. Box, hamlet, Minchinhampton par., E. Gloucestershire.—3. Box, affluent of river Avon, N. Wilts ; 14 miles long.
Box and Stockbrldge, hundred, Chichester rape, AV. Sussex, 22,498 ac., pop. 6563; contains 13 pars.
Boxford.—par. and vil., SW. Berks., 44 miles NAV. of Newbury, 2819 ac., pop. 568; P.O.—2. Boxford, par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 6 miles SE. of Sudbury, 1820 ac., pop. 864; P.O., T.o.
Boxgrove, par. and vil., AV. Sussex, 34 miles NE. of Chichester, 3677 ac., pop. 708. The church is one of the most interesting in the country; it comprises portions of a priory founded in 1117.
Box Hill, ry. sta., 1 mile N. of Dorking, AV. Surrey, 30 miles SW. of London; the hill (596 ft.) adjoins sta.
Boxley, par. and vil., mid. Kent, 2 miles NE. of Maidstone, 5787 ac. (of which 26 are water), pop. 1530; vestiges of the abbey (1146) still remain.
Box Moor, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., in par. and 2 miles SW. of Hemel Hempstead, W. Herts,pop. 3678; po.,t.o.
Boxted.—par., NE. Essex, on river Stour, 54 miles N. of Colchester, 3177 ac., pop. 826; P.O. ; contains Boxted House.—2. Boxted, par., AV. Suffolk, on river Stour, 8 miles NW. of Sudbury, 1367 ac., pop. 181. _
Boxwellandlelgliterton,par., AV. Gloucestershire, 44 miles SE. of AVotton-under-Edge, 2266 ac., pop. 253; contains Boxwell Court.
Boxwortli, par., W. Cambridgeshire, 5 miles SE. of St Ives, 2521 ac., pop. 251; P.O.
Boyannagh. See Boyounagh, co. Galway.
Boyatt, tithing, Otterbourne par., W. Hants, 44 miles S. of Winchester.
Boycott.—hamlet, Stowe par., in co. and 2 miles NW. of Buckingham.—2. Boycott, locality, Pontes- bury par., S. Shropshire, 8 miles SW. of Shrewsbury.
Boydstone, seat, Ayrshire ; post-town, Ardrossan.
Boylaglt, bar.,W. co. Donegal, 156,284 ac., pop. 22,448.
Boyland HaU, seat, 9 m. S. of Norwich, S. Norfolk.
Boyle.—bar., N. co. Roscommon, 81,163 ac., pop. 22,218.—2. Boyle, par., township, and market town, in the above bar., on river Boyle, 24 miles SE. of Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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