Rosthwaite, vil., Crosthwaite par., Cumberland, in
Borrowdale, 6 miles S. of Keswick, near Borrowdale
church ; P.O.; is situated amid grand scenery, and is a
favourite centre for mountain excursions.

Boston, vil., 4½ miles SW. of Ashborne, Derby¬
shire; P.O.

Bostrunk Island, Burrishoole par., W. co. Mayo,
in Clew Bay.

Rostnrk, 7 miles W. of Newport, W. co. Mayo; P.O.

Bosyth Castle, ruin, Inverkeithing par., Fife, on
Firth of Forth, If mile NW. of North Queensferry;
the barony of Rosyth belongs to the Earl of Hopetoun.

Bothamstead Manor, seat, Herts, near border of
Berks, 1 mile S. of Harpenden sta.

Rothay, river, Westmorland; rises on Dunmail
Raise, and hows 8 miles SE. through Grasmere Lake
and Rydal Water to the Brathay, near its infinx to
Windermere; in SW. vicinity of Ambleside, near
Rothay Bridge, is Rothay Bank, seat.

Rothbury, small town, par., and township with ry.
sta., Northumberland, on river Coquet, 11 miles SW.
of Alnwick and 14 miles NW. of Morpeth—par., 35,788
ac., pop. 2739; township, 3360 ac., pop. 1247; P.O.,
T.o., 2 Banks. Rothbury presents indications of great
antiquity, and is supposed by some to occupy the site
of a Roman settlement. It is delightfully situated in
a romantic hollow, and is a place of summer resort.
There is a market for cattle, sheep, and corn on every
alternate Monday.

Bother.—river, Derbyshire and 'West-Riding York¬
shire ; rises near Pilsley, Derbyshire, and flows 21 miles
N. past Chesterfield to the Don at Rotherham.—2.
Bother, river, Hants and Sussex; rises near Priors
Dean, Hants, and flows E. past Petersfield and Mid¬
hurst to the Arun, in vicinity of Stopham, Sussex; is
24 miles long, and is navigable to Midhurst. — 3.
Bother, river, Sussex and Kent; rises near Rother-
field, Sussex, and flows 16 miles E. to the border of
Kent near Bodiam, 9 miles SE. along border to vicinity
of Craven Bridge, and 6 miles S., within Sussex, past
Rye, to English Channel near Winchelsea; until the
time of Edward I. it ran right E., from Craven Bridge,
through Romney Marsh, to the sea at New Romney,
and was navigable to Etchingham.

Rothcrbridge. — hundred, Arundel rape, Sussex,
40,812 ac., pop. 8686 ; contains 12 pars.—2. Rothcr¬
bridge. See Eobertsbridge.

Bother by, par., Leicestershire, on river Wreak, 5
miles SW. of Melton Mowbray, 766 ac., pop. 153.

Rotherfield. — hundred, Pevensey rape, Sussex,
23,311 ac., pop. 7544 ; contains Rotherfield and part of
Frant.—2. Rotherfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta.,
Sussex—par. (containing Crowborough), 14,731 ac., pop.
4334; vil., 8½ miles SAY. of Tunbridge AVells by rail;
P.O., T.O.; Rotherfield Hall and Rotherfield House
are seats, the former an ancient Tudor mansion; a
monastery was founded here in 800.

Rotherfield Greys, par. and vil., Oxfordshire—par.
(partly in bor. of Henley on Thames), 2928 ac., pop.
1909 ; vil., 2½ miles W. of Henley; P.O.

Rotherfield Park, seat, East Tisted par., Hants, 4
miles SAY. of Alton.

Rotherfield Peppard, par. and vil., Oxfordshire,
3½ miles W. of Henley, 2194 ac., pop. 484.

Rotherham, mun. bor. and market town, par., and
township, S. div. AVest- Riding Yorkshire, on river
Rother at its influx to the Don, 6 miles NE. of Sheffield
by rail—par., 13,585 ac., pop. 38,997; township, 1271
ac., pop. 16,257; bor., 5995 ac., pop. 34,782; 3 Banks,

1 newspaper. Market-days, Monday and Friday.
Rotherham, which is practically by its nearness to
Sheffield a suburb of that great town, has extensive
iron and chemical works, mfrs. of glass, soap, starch,
and ropes, and exports of coal and lime. The fine
parish church is of the time of Edward IV., or earlier.
A 5-arched bridge over the Don, with an ancient chapel
built on the central pier, connects Rotherham proper
with Masborough, the seat of the celebrated ironworks
where the Southwark, Sunderland, and other bridges
were cast. The Independent College is at Masborough,
which was the birthplace of Ebenezer Elliott (1781-
1849), the Corn Law rhymer. Rotherham was made a
municipal borough in 1871.