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| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 34 | Babcary | pa | Somerset | Somerton | 4 | Ilchester | 5 | Castle-Cary | 7 | 120 | 453 |
| 27 | Babingley,[A] or Baburghley | pa | Norfolk | Cas. Rising | 2 | Lynn | 6 | Heacham | 8 | 102 | 38 |
| 34 | Babington | pa | Somerset | Frome | 5 | Bath | 10 | Shepton Mal. | 9 | 109 | 206 |
| 6 | Babraham[B] | pa | Cambridge | Linton | 4 | Cambridge | 5 | Newmarket | 12 | 51 | 273 |
[A] BABINGLEY. In this parish, the first Christian church in East Anglia is said to have been built. Several hills in the vicinity, called Christian Hills, render the opinion highly probable. The village is situated near that part of the Lincolnshire wash called Lynn Deeps.
[B] BABRAHAM, anciently Badburham, is situated in the hundred of Chilford. This place, which was one of the manors of Algar, Earl of Mercia, at the time of the Norman survey, formerly had a market on Mondays. About the year 1576, the whole manorial property in the parish fell into the possession of Sir Horatio Palavicini, a Genoese. According to the Singular anecdote of the Pope's Tax-gatherer. tradition of the neighbourhood, this gentleman was collector of the Pope's taxes in England, in the reign of Queen Mary, on whose death, and the consequent change in religion under Elizabeth, he (like the Vicar of Bray,) changed his faith, converted the Pope's money to his own use, and settled in this country. The following whimsical epitaph relates to this occurrence: it is printed in "Lord Orford's Anecdotes of Painting"—
"Here lyes Horatio Palavazine,
Who robbed the Pope to lend the Queen.
He was a thief—a thief? Thou lyest:
For what! he robb'd but Antichrist,
Him death with besome swept from Bab'ram.
Into the bosom of ould Abraham:
But then came Hercules with his club,
And struck him down to Belzebub."
Sir Horatio was in great favour with Queen Elizabeth. He was naturalised, The Queen's favorite. by patent, in 1516, and commanded one of the English men-of-war in the great battle with the Spanish Armada, in 1588; and he was employed by the Queen, in her negotiations with the German Princes: he died at his seat, in this parish, on the 6th of July, 1600. It appears by the register kept in the church, that his children were baptized and buried here: it is also recorded, that the marriage of Sir Horatio's widow with Sir Oliver Cromwell, the Protector's uncle, took place exactly a year and a day after her husband's decease. The poor of this parish are partly maintained by a bequest of £97. a year, expended under certain restrictions imposed by the donor. Here is an alms-house, and a free school, founded by Levinus Bush, Esq., and his sister, Mrs. Judith Bennet; and the yearly sum of £25. is appropriated to the apprenticing of children.
| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 30 | Babworth[A] | pa | Nottingham | East Retford | 1 | Blyth | 6 | Worksop | 7 | 146 | 449 |
| 56 | Bacheldre, or Bacheldref | to | Montgomery | Bis. Castle | 4 | Montgomery | 5 | Welshpool | 12 | 163 | |
| 10 | Bachymbyd | to | Denbigh | Ruthin | 3 | Denbigh | 6 | Mold | 11 | 202 | |
| 49 | Bach-Yrys, or Machunis | Isle | Caermarth | Llanelly | 4 | Lougher | 4 | Pont ar Dulas | 7 | 223 | |
| 7 | Backford | to & pa | Chester | Chester | 3 | Park Gate | 12 | Liverpool | 16 | 186 | 487 |
| 34 | Backwell, or Bachwell | pa | Somerset | Bristol | 7 | Pensford | 8 | Axbridge | 12 | 125 | 1038 |
| 29 | Backworth, or Blackworth | to | Northumb | N. Shields | 6 | Newcastle | 7 | Blyth | 7 | 281 | 243 |
| 27 | Baconsthorpe | to | Norfolk | Holt | 4 | Cromer | 7 | Aylsham | 8 | 121 | 333 |
| 22 | Bacop | chap | Lancaster | Rochdale | 7 | Haslingden | 6 | Burnley | 6 | 205 | |
| 17 | Bacton | pa | Hereford | Hereford | 12 | Llanthony A | 6 | Hay | 14 | 139 | 178 |
| 27 | Bacton | pa | Norfolk | N. Walsham | 5 | Cromer | 10 | Worsted | 7 | 128 | 498 |
| 36 | Bacton | pa | Suffolk | Stourmarket | 6 | Botesdale | 7 | Ixworth | 9 | 76 | 758 |
[A] BABWORTH. The hall is the seat of the Hon. J.B. Simpson; it a plain white-fronted edifice, the surrounding grounds which are very beautiful, were laid out by the celebrated Repton. Babworth church is a neat gothic building, with a small steeple; it is worthy of remark, Trees grow out of the roof of the church. that there are two trees growing out of the roof of the south porch. Near this village the ground begins to rise, and displays the most enchanting scenery of woods, lawns, glades, heaths, cultivated farms, and ornamental seats. The late Paul Sandby, Esq., R.A., who died on the 8th of November, 1809, was descended from a branch of the Sandby family, of Babworth, and was born at Nottingham, in 1732. In 1746 he went to London, and having an early bias towards the arts, he got introduced into the drawing room of the Tower. After two years he was appointed draughtsman, under the inspection of Mr. David Watson, who was employed Paul Sandby, Esq. by the late Duke of Cumberland to take a survey of the Highlands. During this excursion he made several sketches from the terrific scenery of that romantic country, from which he afterwards made a number of small etchings, which were published in a folio volume. From this circumstance, perhaps, we may account for the bold and striking style by which the paintings of this excellent artist are so peculiarly distinguished. In 1752, he quitted this employment and resided with his brother at Windsor. Several of the most beautiful views in the neighbourhood of Windsor and Eton, now became the subject of his pencil; here also he obtained that skill in depicting gothic architecture which gave so beautiful an effect to those landscapes that Sir Joseph Banks purchased them all at a very liberal price. Mr. Sandby published several prints in ridicule of the inimitable Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty," but he afterwards declared, that had he known the merits of that exquisite painter at the time, he Sandby the painter. should not have dared to depreciate them. On the institution of "the Royal Academy," he was elected one of the Academicians. He was afterwards appointed chief drawing master of the Royal Academy at Woolwich, and held the office with honour and credit to the day of his death.
| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 28 | Badby[A] | pa | Northamp | Daventry | 3 | Banbury | 14 | Northamp | 13 | 75 | 583 |
| 39 | Baddesley-Clinton | pa | Warwick | Warwick | 7 | Solihull | 6 | Henley in A. | 6 | 97 | 110 |
| 39 | Baddesley-Ensor | pa | Warwick | Atherstone | 3 | Tamworth | 6 | Coleshill | 9 | 108 | 568 |
| 16 | Baddesley-North | pa | Hants | Romsey | 4 | Winchester | 8 | Southampton | 7 | 70 | 297 |
| 16 | Baddesley-South[B] | ham | Hants | Lymington | 2 | Yarmouth | 5 | Beaulieu | 6 | 88 | |
| 7 | Baddiley[C] | pa | Chester | Nantwich | 3 | Malpas | 9 | Tarporley | 9 | 167 | 267 |
| 7 | Baddington | to | Chester | ... | 2 | Tarporley | 9 | Malpas | 11 | 166 | 132 |
| 14 | Baddow (Great)[D] | pa | Essex | Chelmsford | 2 | Witham | 10 | Maldon | 9 | 31 | 1719 |