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Barton to
Hereford 21
156
...
30
Barton pa
Derby 13
121
379
40
Barton, (High),[A] pa & to
Brough 11
272
1537
23
Barton ham
Ashby 10
108
163
27
Barton Bendish pa
Downham 8
92
459
10
Barton-le-Blount pa
Uttoxeter 8
136
60
3
Barton in the Clay pa
Ampthill 4
38
720
44
Barton, St. Cuthbert pa & to
Barnard Cas 14
238
499
34
Barton, St. David's pa
Castle Cary 7
120
410
36
Barton, (Great) pa
Thetford 13
74
702
5
Barton Hartshorne pa
Brackley 6
59
145
39
Barton on the heath[B] pa
Chip. Norton 7
79
208
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[A] BARTON. Stockbridge Hall, an ancient edifice, was the seat of the Lancasters, whose arms are yet seen on the ceiling of the dining-room, and who continued here through twelve generations, when their estates fell to the Lowthers. The church, which is a low and extensive building, with a heavy tower between the chancel and the nave, contains the tomb of one of the Lancasters; some escutcheons of several families in the neighbourhood, and a bra.s.s plate, on which is this remarkable epitaph:--
”Under this stone, reader, interred doth lie, Beauty and virtue's true epitomy.
At her appearance the noone sun Blushed and shrunk in, 'cause quite undone.
In her concentered did all graces dwell; G.o.d plucked my rose that he might take a smell.
I'll say no more, but weeping, wish I may, Soone with thy dear chaste ashes come to lay.”
The lady thus extravagantly eulogised, was Frances, the wife of Launcelot Dawes; she died in 1673. Barton school was founded in 1641, by four priests, natives of this parish.
[Sidenote: Remarkable epitaph.]
[B] BARTON. Near this village is a large stone, called Four-s.h.i.+re stone, from its forming the point of junction of the four counties of Gloucester, Worcester, Warwick, and Oxford. Here once resided an attorney of so pacific a disposition that he usually acted as mediator when disputes arose. This anomalous person, named Dover, inst.i.tuted the annual festivities termed Cotswold Games, and was for forty years their chief supporter. These diversions were celebrated upon the Cotswold Hills, in Gloucesters.h.i.+re, and prodigious mult.i.tudes are said to have resorted to them. They consisted of wrestling, cudgel-playing, leaping, pitching the bar, throwing the sledge, tossing the pike, with various other feats of strength and activity. A castle of boards was erected on this occasion, from which guns were frequently discharged. Dover received permission from James I. to hold these sports, and he appeared at their celebration in the very clothes which that monarch had formerly worn; but it is said there was much more dignity in his form and aspect.
John Heywood, the epigramatist, speaking of these games, says--
”He fometh like a bore, the beaste should seem bold, For he is as fierce as a lyon of Cotsolde.”
[Sidenote: Cotswold games.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
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Barton[A] m.t.
Lincoln
Hull 7
Brigg 11
22
Barton on Irwell to
Lancaster
Manchester 6
Newton 14
36
Barton, Little pa
Suffolk
Mildenhall 1
Newmarket 9
44
Barton, St. Mary, chap
N.R. York
Darlington 5
Richmond 7
35
Barton chap
Stafford
Burton on Tr. 5
Lichfield 9
28
Barton Segrave pa
Northamp.
Kettering 2
Thrapston 8
16
Barton Stacey pa
Hants.
Whitchurch 6
Andover 6
31
Barton Steeple[B] pa
Oxford
Deddington 5
Woodstock 7
15
Barton Street ham
Gloucester
Gloucester 1
Cheltenham 9
43
Barton in Street pa
N.R. York
New Malton 5
Pickering 5
27
Barton Turf pa
Norfolk
Coltishall 5
Worstead 4
31
Barton Westcott pa
Oxford
Enstone 4
Woodstock 7
43
Barton in the Willows, t
N.R. York
York 10
New Malton 8
45
Barugh to
W.R. York
Barnsley 3
Wakefield 9
43
Barugh, Gt. & Little pa
N.R. York
Pickering 3
New Malton 5
23
Barwell pa
Leicester
Hinckley 2
M. Bosworth 7
14
Barwick pa
Ess.e.x
Chipp. Ongar 6
Dunmow 8
34
Barwick pa
Somerset
Yeovil 2
Sherborne 6
41
Barwick Ba.s.set pa
Wilts
Calne 7
Swindon 8
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Dist.
Popul Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
-ation.
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Barton[A] m.t.
Lincoln 34
167
3231
22
Barton on Irwell to
Warrington 14
185
8976
36
Barton, Little pa
Bury 12
70
591
44
Barton, St. Mary, chap
Barnard Cas. 14
238
...
35
Barton chap
Abbotts Brom 8
130
1344
28
Barton Segrave pa
Wellingboro 8
75
203
16
Barton Stacey pa
Winchester 9
62
626
31
Barton Steeple[B] pa
Charlbury 9
63
606
15
Barton Street ham
Ross 17
103
786
43
Barton in Street pa
Helmsley 10
222
436
27
Barton Turf pa
Norwich 13
121
391
31
Barton Westcott pa
Deddington 5
64
258
43
Barton in the Willows, t
Sutton 10
206
202
45
Barugh to
Huddersfield 14
175
946
43
Barugh, Gt. & Little pa
Scarborough 18
223
294
23
Barwell pa
Leicester 11
101
1505
14
Barwick pa
Chelmsford 10
27
97
34
Barwick pa
Crewkherne 8
123
415
41
Barwick Ba.s.set pa
Marlborough 8
83
164
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[A] BARTON. This ancient town is pleasantly situated about three-quarters of a mile from the southern bank of the Humber. It was formerly surrounded by a rampart and fossee, the remains of which are still discernable. It was doubtless a place of great strength before the conquest, and served as a barrier against the irruptions of the Saxons and Danes. At the period of the conquest it was a princ.i.p.al port of the Humber, and until the rise of Kingston-upon-Hull it enjoyed an extensive commerce. At present its derives its princ.i.p.al consequence from being the point whence the communication with the Lincoln road is continued across the Humber to Hull, a distance of about six miles and a half.
_Market_, Monday.--_Fair_, Trinity Thursday, for cattle.--_Mail_ arrives 3.0 afternoon; departs 11.15 morning--_Inn_, The Waterside Inn.
[Sidenote: Once a place of importance.]
[B] STEEPLE BARTON. In this parish is situated Rowsham, which was, for several centuries, the seat of the Dormers, and it continued in their possession until the decease of General Dormer, in the year 1750. That gentleman bequeathed the mansion and estates to his cousin, Sir Clement Cottrell, Knight, Master of the Ceremonies to George II., who annexed the name of Dormer to his own, and in whose family the property has since remained. The situation is extremely fine, and the grounds, which were laid out by Kent, during the life-time of General Dormer, afford a variety of picturesque and pleasant views. The mansion was built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but a few alterations were made at subsequent periods. The walls are embattled, and the doors are singularly enough perforated with holes (with slides to cover) so as to admit muskets being pointed through them. There is a large hall, and valuable library, containing many old and rare authors. A very excellent collection of paintings, (about 180 in number), and of busts and other figures in bronze, (amounting to fifty-five), has also been formed here. Horace Walpole, in one of his eloquent letters to George Montague, has thus spoken of this place:--”But the greatest pleasure we had, was in seeing Sir Charles Cotterell's, at Rowsham: it reinstated Kent with me; he has no where shewn so much taste. The house is old, and was bad; he has improved it--stuck as close as he could to gothic; has made a delightful library, and the whole is comfortable. The garden is Daphne in little, the sweetest little groves, streams, glades, porticoes, cascades, and rivers imaginable: all the scenes are perfectly cla.s.sic. Well, if I had such a house, such a library, so pretty a place, and so pretty a wife, I think I should let King George send to Herenhausen for a Master of the Ceremonies.” The pleasure-grounds are beautifully shaded by flouris.h.i.+ng and n.o.ble beech trees; they are also ornamented by several stone statues, which all throw up water, except a very fine one of the dying gladiator, and a group of the lion tearing the horse, by Sheemacher.
[Sidenote: Rowsham House.]
Map
Names of Places.
County.
Number of Miles From
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Barwick pa
Norfolk
Burnham 4
Wells 11
45
Barwick pa & to
W.R. York
Wetherby 7
Tadcaster 7
33
Baschurch pa
Salop
Shrewsbury 8
Oswestry 10
7
Basford to
Chester
Nantwich 5
Sandbach 8
30
Basford[A] pa
Nottingham
Nottingham 3
Mansfield 12
35
Basford[B] to
Stafford
Leek 3
Longnor 7
45
Bashall to
W.R. York
c.l.i.theroe 5
Lancaster 16
4
Basilden pa
Berks
Reading 8
Streatley 2
14
Basildon chap
Ess.e.x
Billericay 4
Gravesend 12
16
Basing, Old[C] to & ch
Hants
Basingstoke 2
Odiham 5
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Dist.
Map
Names of Places.
Number of Miles From
Lond.
Population.
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Barwick pa
Fakenham 11
117
35
45
Barwick pa & to
Abberford 2
188
1922
33
Baschurch pa
Ellesmere 9
161
1321
7
Basford to
Woore 7
160
85
30
Basford[A] pa
Arnold 3
127
6325
35
Basford[B] to
Cheadle 7
151
300
45
Bashall to
Blackburn 10
222
310
4
Basilden pa
Wallingford 8
47
780
14
Basildon chap
Rochford 12
27
124
16
Basing, Old[C] to & ch
Alton 12
44
1113
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[A] BASFORD lies in a bottom, approached from the race-ground. The scenery around it is rich in the extreme. This village has greatly increased of late, from various manufactures, and the improvements consequent upon them. Here are corn and cotton-mills, and the bleaching and dying branches of business are carried on with considerable success.
The church has a very handsome spire, with a nave and side aisles in very good order, but there are no ancient inscriptions. The importance of this place has also been kept up, by its being the seat of the Court of the Honour of Peverel, since it was removed from Nottingham. It sits twice in the year, to try causes as high as 50. A jail for the court is situated here, which Howard describes as having, at the time of his writing, merely one room, with three beds; but the keepers told him he had another little room for women prisoners, of whom there being none in his custody, he applied the apartment to domestic uses. A bowling-green, close by the jail, is much frequented by the inhabitants of Nottingham.
At Mapperley, a hamlet in this parish, is a handsome seat of Ichabod Wright, Esq., a banker of Nottingham.
[Sidenote: The trade.]
[B] BASFORD. Here was born, in 1630, the celebrated Charles Cotton, a burlesque poet of the seventeenth century. He received his education at Cambridge, and afterwards travelled through France. On his return to England he resided with his father at Basford, in the neighbourhood of the Peak. His first production was, a poetical essay on the gallant Earl of Derby. In 1656, he married a daughter of Sir Thomas Hutchinson, a Nottinghams.h.i.+re Knight. Two years after this his father died; he then succeeded him in the family estate, which was enc.u.mbered with mortgages: being of an improvident disposition, he was subject to constant embarra.s.sments, and was even confined for some months in a prison for debt. After the death of his first wife, he married the Countess Dowager of Ardgla.s.s. He died at Westminster in 1687. Some of his poems, of considerable merit, were published after his death.
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