West Barns, vil., Dunbar par., Haddingtonshire, on
Biel Water, 2 miles AY. of Dunbar; P.O.; has a brewery;
the Beltonfield paperworks are here.

West Bay, vil., on coast of Dorset, 2% miles SW. of
Bridport; P.O.

West Benhar (Lanark), or Muirhead : which see.

West Bergholt, in NE. of Essex, 4 miles NW. of
Colchester; P.O. See Bergholt, West.

West Boldon, vil., Boldon par., Durham, 4 miles
NW. of Sunderland; P.O.

West Bolton, vil., Northumberland, on river Ain,
5% miles W. of Alnwick; P.O.

West Bradenham, 5% miles SW. of Dereham, Nor-
folk ; P.O.; contains West Bradenham Hall, seat.
See Bradenham, West.

West Brighton, ry. sta., Sussex, at Brighton.

West Brompton, dist. and ry. sta., Kensington par.,
Middlesex, pop. 10,167; the sta. is 1 mile SE. of Ken-
sington sta.

West Bromwich, pari, and mun. bor. and par.,
Staffordshire, 4% miles NAV. of Birmingham by rail,
5719 ac., pop. 56,295; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. West
Bromwich appears in Domesday Book as Bromwic, and
in the 12th century was made the seat of a Benedictine
priory. It is, however, entirely of recent growth,
having at the close of the 18th century been only a rural
village amid a barren heath. It is one of the Black
Country towns, owing its prosperity to the rich local
mines of ironstone and coal, and to the numerous
branches of canals and railways by which it is inter-
sected. It carries on mfrs. in all departments of Bir-
mingham hardware; it has furnaces for the smelting of
iron ore, foundries, forges, slitting mills, and anchor
and chain-cable works; also breweries, brass foundries,
boat yards, limekilns, brick yards, cement works, &c.
The public buildings erected in 1875 comprise a town
hall, market hall, free library, public baths, &c. West
Bromwich was included in the pari. bor. of Wednesbury
in 1867 ; it was made a mun. bor. in 1882, and a pari,
bor. in 1885; it returns 1 member.

West Buckland.—7 miles NW. of South Molton,
Devon ; P.O. See Buckland, West.—2. West Buck-
land, hamlet, Thurlstone par., Devon, 3% miles W. of
Kingsbridge; P.O.—3. West Bnckland, 2 miles E. of
Wellington, Somerset; P.O. See Buckland, West.

West Burrafirth, school, Sandsting par., Shetland.

West Burton. — vil., Winfrith Newburgh par.,
Dorset, 8 miles W. of AVareham.—2. West Burton,
hamlet, Bury par., Sussex, 4% miles N. of Arundel.—3.
West Bnrton, hamlet, Burton upon Ure township,
Masham par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of
Bedale ; P.O.

West Butterwick, vil., Owston par., Lincolnshire;
on river Trent, 5% miles NE. of Epworth; P.O. See
Butterwick, West, with Kelpield.

West Calder, town and par. with ry. sta., Edinburgh-
shire, 15| miles SW. of Edinburgh and 30% E. of Glas-
gow—par., 21,089 ac., pop. 7681; town, pop. 2291;
P.O., t.o., 1 Bank; coal, ironstone, bituminous shale,
and limestone are worked.

West Charleton, vil., Charleton par., Devon, on a
sea creek, 3 miles SE. of Kingsbridge; P.O.

West Chickerell, on coast of Dorset, 3 miles NAY.
of Weymouth; P.O. See Chickerell, West.

West Chlltington, 7 miles NAY. of Steyning, Sus-
sex; P.O. See Chiltington, West.

West Chinnock, 3 miles NW. of Crewkerne, Somer-
set ; p.o. See Chinnock, West.

West Clandon, 3% miles NE. of Guildford, Surrey;
p.o. See Clandon, West.

West Clfflf, seat, Isle of Wight, near Niton.

West Cliffe, par., Kent, 3 miles NE. of Dover, 1180
ac., pop. 123.

West Close Booth. See Higham and West Close
Booth.

West Coker, 3 miles SW. of Yeovil, Somerset; P.O.
See Coker, West.

West Cornforth, mining vil., Cornforth township,
Bishops Middleham par., Durham, near Ferry hill
Junction; P.O., T.O.

West Cottingwith, vil., Thorganby with AYest
Cottingwith par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles NE.
of Selby; P.O., t.o. See Thorganby, &c.

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