Butterwlek, Bast, township, Bottesford and Mess-
ingham pars., N. Lincolnshire, on river Trent, 5 miles
NE. of Epworth, 680 ac., pop. 316.

Butterwlek, West, with Kellicld, township,
Owston par., N. Lincolnshire, on river Trent, 5\ miles
NE. of Epworth, pop. 718.

Buttcrworth, township, in par. and partly in bor.
of Rochdale, SE. Lancashire, 7766 ac., pop. 8411.

Buttevant, market town and par., N. co. Cork, on
river Awbeg, 27 miles N. of Cork and 138 miles SW. of
Dublin by rail—par., 11,582 ac., pop. 2695; town, pop.
1409; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Tuesday and
Friday. Here are fine remains of an abbey, and the
modernised seat of B. Castle. B. is a garrison town.

Buttlnghill, hundred, Lewes and Bramber rapes,
E. Sussex, 58,488 ac., pop. 22,888; contains 12 pars.
The pop. is entirely in Lewes rape.

Butting!on, par. andry. sta., E. Montgomeryshire,
onr. Severn, 2\ m. NE. of Welshpool, 5099ac., pop. 691.

Butt of Lewis, prom. (142 ft. high), at the N. ex-
tremity of the island of Lewis, Ross-shire ; has a light-
house (120 ft.) with fixed light visible 19 miles.

Buttolphs, par., W. Sussex, on river Adur, 11? mile
SE. of Steyning, 910 ac., pop. 94.

Button Hill, hamlet, Sheffield par., S. div. AVest-
Riding Yorkshire, 4J miles SW. of Sheffield.

Button Oak, place with school, Cleobury Mortimer
dist., S. Shropshire.

Buttons Green, hamlet, Cockfield par., W. Suffolk,
8 miles NE. of Bury St Edmunds.

Buttsbury, par., W. Essex, 6J miles SW. of
Chelmsford, 2113 ac., pop. 452.

Butts Green, place, Sandon par., W. Essex, 5 miles
SE. of Chelmsford.

Buxburn, vil., and sta. on Great North of Scotland
Ry., Newhills par., E. Aberdeenshire, 4 miles NAV. of
Aberdeen, pop. 102.

Buxbury, eminence, 11 m. SW. of Salisbury, S. AVilts.

Buxey Sand, sandbank, at mouth of r. Crouch, Essex.

Buxhall, par., W. Suffolk, on rivers Ged and Orwell,
3 miles SW. of Stowmarket, 2120 ac., pop. 476; P.O.

Buxlow, hamlet, Knodishall par., E. Suffolk, 21?
miles SE. of Saxmundham.

Buxted, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, ljmile
NE. of Uckfield, 8961 ac. (30 water), pop. 1934; p.o.;
was formerly one of the great “ iron towns ” of the
Weald. The first cannons cast in England were manu-
factured here in 1543. In the par. is Buxted Park.

Buxton.—watering-place, market town, and town-
ship, Bakewell par., N. Derbyshire, 36 miles NAV. of
Derby and 163 miles NW. of London by rail—township,
1823 ac., pop. 4110; town, pop. 6025 ; 2 Banks, 5
newspapers. Market-day, Saturday. The town is
finely situated in a valley, 1000 ft. above sea-level, and
is remarkable for its dry, bracing climate. It has long
been famous for its mineral waters, which were known
to the Romans. The springs supply hot and cold water,
though only a short distance apart. The average tem-
perature of the hot springs is 82° Fahr.; they discharge
about 60 gals, per minute. There are excellent hotels
and the various establishments that are to be found in
a favourite watering-place. In the vicinity is Dia-
mond Hill, so named from its abundance of quartz
crystals; also, Poole’s Hole, a remarkable stalactite
cavern.—2. Buxton, par. and vil., N. Norfolk, on
r.Bure, 9Jm.N. of Norwich, 1274 ac., pop.556; P.O.,'T.O.

Buxton Lamas, sta. on East Norfolk Ry., adjacent
to Buxton, N. Norfolk; P.O.

Buy, sea-loch or bay, on S. side of Mull island,
Argyllshire.

Buzza Hill, St Mary’s Isl., Scilly Islands, Cornwall.

Bwa Maen (the Stone Bow), precipitous rock, on S.
border of Brecknockshire, near Ystradfelite; 90 ft. high
and 70 broad, and in form like the segment of a circle.

Bwlch,¹ 3 miles NAV. of Crickhowell, E. Brecknock-
shire ; P.O.

Bwlcb Agricola, pass, mid. Denbighshire, 3 miles E.
of Ruthin.

Bwlchau. See Bylchau.

Bwlch Cocdeg, hamlet, E. Merioneth, 1 mile NE.
of Dinas Mowddwy.

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1

Bwlch or Bylch is a Welsh word signifying a “pass,”
“gap,” or “defile.”