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Burn ham-Westgate, par. and vil., AV. Norfolk, 6
miles SAV. of Wells, 3047 ac., pop. 968. The vil. is
also called Burnham Market; which see.

Burnhaven, fishing vil., Peterhead par., NE. Aber-
deenshire, pop. 320.

Burnhead.—vil., Penpont par., W. Dumfriesshire,
14 mile AV. of Thornhill; P.O.—2. Burnhead, seat,
Sorn par., Ayrshire.

Burnhlll Green, 3 m. from Albrighton, Shropsh.; P.O.

Burn Hill Junction, sta. on branch of North-Eastern
Ry., N. Durham, 22 miles NW. of Bishop Auckland.

Burnhope.—hamlet, Lanchester par., in N. of co.
and 6 miles NW. of Durham; P.O.—2. Burnhope,
affluent of river Wear, on W. border of Durham.

Burnhouse.—vil., Beith par., N. Ayrshire.—2.
Burnhouse, seat, in par. and 34 miles NW. of Stow,
Edinburghshire.

Burnhouse Mill, place, near Sandilands, Lanarksh.

Burnie.stripe, vil., Urquhart par., NE. Elginshire,

2 miles SAV. of Garmouth.

Burning Clift", eminence, on S. coast of Dorset,
44 miles NE. of AVeymouth.

Burniston, coast township and hamlet, Scalby par.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 34 miles NW. of Scarborough,
2099 ac. and 77 foreshore, pop. 353; P.O.

Burnley, pari, and mun. bor., and township, at the
confluence of the Burn and the Calder, AVhalley par.,
NE. Lancashire, 21 miles E. of Preston, 27 N. of
Manchester, and 201 NW. of London by rail—town-
ship, 1996 ac., pop. 28,744; pari, bor., 3981 ac., pop.
63,638; mun. bor., 1731 ac., pop. 58,751; P.O., T.O.,

3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Monday and
Saturday; has extensive cotton mills, some worsted
mills, and several foundries. Coal, slate, freestone,
and flagstone abound in the neighbourhood. B. has a
grammar-school, founded in the time of Edward YI.
The bor., created in 1867, returns 1 member to Pari.

Burnley Barracks, sta. on Lancashire and York-
shire Ry., near Burnley, NE. Lancashire.

Burnmoor, eccl. dist., Chester-le-Street and Hough-
ton-le-Spring pars., N. Durham, pop. 1646.

Burmuoor Tarn, lakelet, W. Cumberland, 7i miles
NE. of Ravenglass.

Burmuouth, fishing vil. with ry. sta., Ayton par.,
Berwickshire, 54 miles NW. of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
pop. (with Ross), 371.

Burn-of-Cambus, 2m. from Doune, Perthshire; P.O.

Burn of tlic Vat, a remarkable chasm, in the rocks at
mouth of small glen, 5 m. E. of Ballater, S. Aberdeensh.

Burnop, township, Lanchester par., in N. of co. and
64 miles NW. of Durham.

Burnopficld, eccl. dist. and hamlet, Chester-le-
Street and Lanchester pars., N. Durham, pop. 3818;
P.O., T.O. The hamlet is 6 miles SE. of Gateshead.

Burn Bow, vil., Slamannan par., E. Stirlingshire,
pop. 353.

Burns, hamlet, Markinch par., mid. Fifeshire.

Burnsall, par. and township, E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, on river AVharfe, 10 miles NE. of Skipton—
par., 30,616 ac., pop. 1129; township, 706 ac., pop. 121.

Burnside.—vil., in par. and 14 mile N. of Dairy,
Ayrshire.—2. Burnside, vil., N. Banffshire, 3 miles
from Cornhill ry. sta.—3. Burnside, vil., 4 mile SE. of
Newburgh, NW. Fifeshire.—4. Burnside, vil., suburban
to Dumbarton, pop. 386.-—5. Burnside, vil., E. Stir-
lingshire, including Standrigg (in Muiravonside par.)
and Wallacetown (in Polmont par.).—6. Burnside,
hamlet, Tannadice par., Forfarshire, 6 miles NW. of
Forfar.—7. Burnside, hamlet, in par. and co. of
Nairn.—
8. Burnside, hamlet, St Cyrus par., Kincar-
dineshire.—9. Burnside, seat,Rescobiepar., Forfarsh.

Burnstones, hamlet, Knaresdale par., S. North-
umberland, 3 miles N. of Slaggyford sta.

Burns w ar k. See Brunswark.

Burntask and Burntash Green, 2 hamlets, 14 and
2 miles SE. of Lewisham, W. Kent.

Burnt House, place with paper mill, Sutton-at-
Hone par., AV. Kent, 18 miles SE. of London.

Burntisland, par., pari, and royal burgh, seaport,
and watering-place, S. coast of Fifeshire, on Firth
of Forth, opposite Granton, and 8 miles N. of Edin-
burgh—par., 2565 ac., pop. 4821; pari, burgh, pop. 4099;
royal burgh, pop. 3197 ; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. It is con-
nected by a steamboat ferry with Granton, has an ex-

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

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