Bushey Park, royal park, and sta. on London and
South-Western Ry. (Teddington and Bushey Park),
Teddington par., SW. Middlesex, on river Thames, 14
miles SW. of London; was occupied by William IY.
when Duke of Clarence. The famous triple avenue of
limes and horse-chestnuts, 1 mile long, was planted by
William III.

Bnsh Hill, vil., 14 mile S. of Enfield, N. Middlesex.

Bush Hill Park, seat, and sta. on Great Eastern Ry.,

1 mile S. of Enfield, NE. Middlesex.

Bushley, par., AY. AVorcestershire, on river Severn,

2 miles NAY. of Tewkesbury, 1740 ac., pop. 273 ; P.O.

Bnshmead Priory, 5 m. W. of St Neots, Bedfordsh.

Bushmills, small market town, on river Bush, N. co.

Antrim, 5 miles E. of Portrush ry. sta. and 8 miles NE.
of Coleraine, pop. 1103; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-
day, Tuesday.

Bush, The, seat, in co. and 1 m. NW. of Pembroke.

Bushwood, hamlet, Old Stratford par., S. AVarwick-
shire, near Stratford-on-Avon.

Bushyhill, vil., Cambuslangpar., NW. Lanarkshire,
44 miles SE. of Glasgow.

Busk, school, Oldham par., SE. Lancashire.

Buslingthorpe. — par., mid. Lincolnshire, 3 miles
SW. of Market Rasen, 1096 ac., pop. 56.—2. Buslang-
thorpe, eccl. dist. (St Michael), Leeds par., AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, pop. 7434.

Bussage, eccl. dist. (St Michael), Bisley par., E.
Gloucestershire, 3 miles E. of Stroud, pop. 362.

Bussex, hamlet, Weston Zoyland par.,W. Somerset,

3 miles SE. of Bridgwater.

Busta, seat, on bay or voe of same name, in Delting
par., Shetland.

Bustabeck Bound, township, Castle Sowerby par.,
E. Cumberland, 9 miles NE. of Penrith.

Bustard Green, hamlet, Lindsell par., W. Essex,
3 miles SE. of Thaxted.

Bnston, High and Low, 2 townships, Warkworth
par., N. Northumberland, between rivers Ain and
Coquet, 44 and 54 miles SE. of Alnwick—High B.,
721 ac., pop. 102; Low B., 899 ac., pop. 95.

Busy Gap, pass between the hills, S. Northumber-
land, 3 miles NW. of Haltwhistle.

Butcoanbe, par., E. Somerset, 8 miles NE. of Ax-
bridge, 983 ac., pop. 189.

Bute, island, in Firth of Clyde, separated from Argyll-
shire by Kyles of Bute, a narrow channel less than 1
mile wide. It is distant 5 miles from the Ayrshire
coast and 6 miles from Arran; is 16 miles long,
and from 3 miles to 5 miles broad; area (including
Inchmarnock), 31,8364 ^ac>> P°P* 10,998. The coast
is rocky, and in the interior are several small lochs,
the principal of which are Lochs Fad and Ascog.
The soil is light and gravelly, but produces excellent
crops. There is no lack of soft red sandstone, slate,
and whinstone, while grey granite is also found. The
island is celebrated for its salubrious climate, which
makes it a favourite resort of invalids. Rothesay, a
fashionable watering-place, is the chief town; 4 miles

S. is Mountstuart, a seat of the Marquis of Bute.

Bute Docks, harb. and ry. sta., forming suburb of
Cardiff, Glamorgan; p. o., t. o., 3 Banks. See Cardiff.

Butcland. See Broomhope and Buteland.

Bnteland, an estate of the Earl of Rosebery, in
Currie par., Edinburghshire.

Bute, North, par., in N. of Bute island, 14,764 (com-
prehending Inchmarnock island) ac., pop. 1218.

Buteshire, an insular co. of Scotland, comprising the
islands of Bute, Arran, the Great and Little Cumbraes,
Holy Isle, Inchmarnock, and Pladda, in Firth of Clyde.
139,440 ac., pop. 17,657. The principal industries are
agriculture and the fisheries. (For agricultural statistics,
see Appendix.) The co. comprises 6 pars, and a part,
and the police burghs of Millport and Rothesay. It
returns 1 member to Parliament.

Butlaw, vil., near South Queensferry, Linlithgowsh.

Bntleigh, par., mid. Somerset, on river Brue, 4 miles
SE. of Glastonbury ry. sta., 4467 ac., pop. 771; P.O.

Butleigh Wootton, hamlet, Butleigh par., mid.
Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Somerton; in vicinity is
Butleigh Court.

Butlershridge, vil., in co. and 4 miles N. of Cavan,
on river Annalee, pop. 103; P.O.

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

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