ZETTEER. 



of about a mile long, to whicli large vefTcIs can lay vfadme of ftockings, and machinery for throwing 



their fides *, and load or unload, without the ex- filk. 



penfe, delay, and plunder, of lighterage. Tliere is Buckhaven, (i^j/f, S.) a maritime village, in- 

 alfo an excellent dock, capable of receiving feveral liabitcd by tilhermen, weavers, and labourers, the 

 large veffels at once. Briftol has ftill a very con- defcendents (according to tradition) of the crew of 

 liderable trade; and it is one of the three ports a Netherland vell'el ftranded on thccoaft above 200 

 from which veflcls can clear out for the flavc trade, years ago. Whether there were any women with 

 Before the country was interfcfted throughout by the firil fcttlers, we are not told : but they have 

 navigable canals, it enjoyed a ver^' pieat advantage long been almoll as careful to prcfcrve ihe purity of 

 in being near the center of the extenfive inland na- their blood by marrying only among themfelves as 

 vigation of the Severn, Avon of Warwick-fnirc, its the Jews or Hindoos. And they ftill retain a pe- 

 own Avon, Froome, Teme, Wve, l.ngg, Vi\<, ciiliarity in their language and manners. 

 Parret, and the navigable branches of fonie of them. Buckingham, a large tovi'n, the capital of the 

 In the adjacent grounds there is abundance of coal, fliire to which it gives name, has manufaftures of 

 which enables the inhabitants to have very cxtenfive paper, and lace, in which lall a great number, f the 

 works of bottle glafs, and white or flint glafs ; women in the town and adjacent country are cm- 

 earthen ware, plain and enameled ; brafs works, ployed, 

 the oldcil ill England, wlicrein are made all kinds Buckley hill [Flint, Ji'.^ has pretty extenfive 



of utenfils for domeftic ufe, and alfo for exportation, 

 chiefly to Guinea, and alfo brafs wire ; fpelter 

 vVorks ; iron founderies, where great guns are caft 

 folid, and bored by a drill, as in Carron works, but 

 here the machinery is driven by the power of fteani ; 

 copper founderies ; lead works for making iliect 

 lead, and alfo white lead and red lead, and lead fhot, 

 which laft article lias a great reputation ; extenfive 

 fugar works ; great diftillcries, much of the produce 



nianufa^l^ures of Hone bottles, pans, and other ar- 

 ticles of pottery. 



BuDEHAvEN, [Cons. E.) a fmall town with a 

 harbour, and foiue vefl'cla employed in trading to 

 Ireland and to feveral ports of England. 



BuiLTii, orBuALT, [Bred. IV.) a town on the 

 River Wye with a manufafture of ftockings. There 

 are fait fprings near it. 



BuNAW, [Arg. 5.) a village on the fliore of 



of which is carried to the Negroes I'n Africa to pay Loch Etive, with a quay at which veffels load pig 



for their captive brethren. Excellent lime, made iron, made in the place from imported iron ore, 



from the marble rocks of S'. Vincent's, is alfo ex- and alfo bark, kelp, and falmon, for Liverpool, Ul- 



ported, and particularly to the Weft-Indies for the vcrfton, and Whitehaven, 



purpofe of tempering the fugar liquor. Burford, [Oxf. E.) a fmall town with fome 



BaoADSTAiRS, [Kent, E.) a town with 3 har- manufadures of duffles and rugs, and a good market 



hour near the North Foreland. Some fhips were for corn. 



employed in the Greenland fifliery, but that bufi- Burgh head, (Efg. S.) a village with a fmall 



nefs has not lucceeded. Many veffels are built harbour, capable of being much improved at a fmall 



here. expenfe, at which corn is fhipped, and coal landed. 



Bromsgrove, (/^orf. £.) a town with manufac- Burlington. See Bridlington. 



tures of woolen and linen, end alfo of nails, needles. Burn ham, [NorfE.) a market tov.-n, and fe- 



fifli-hooks, &c. veral villages of the fame name, all with fome dif- 



Bromwich, [Staff'. E.) a town with manufac- tinguilhing additions, have a harbour whic 1 is a 



tures of locks, gun-locks, nails, and other articles creek of Wells, whete confiderable quantities of corn 



of iron-mongery. are ihippcd. 



Broomhouse, [Beriv. S.) a village with a man- Burnley, [Lan. E.) a fmall town near the con- 



ufafture of paper. 



Broseley, {Shrop. E.) a village furrounded by 

 mines of coal and iron, has great founderies, where- 

 in excellent iron, and great quantities of cannon, 

 are made, together with fire hearths for fliips, dif- 

 liiiers, bakers, &c. 



Broughton, [Lan. E.) a village with fome 

 trade in woolen yarn. 



fines of the woolen and cotton manufaftures, with 

 a fliare of both. 



BuRRowBRiDGE, /'2'ori, IK R.) 3 town on the 

 River Ure, with a manufafture of hardware. 



BuRSLEM, [Siaf.E.) a village in which the man- 

 ufatlure of earthen ware was carried on in its ori- 

 ginal rude tlate. See Potteries. 



Burton upon Trent, (Stnf. E.) a confider- 



Bruntisland, (Fife, S.) a town with an excel- able town, particularly famous for its ale, which is 



lent harbour on the Fortli, and great capacity for carried to ail parts of the world. It has alfo iron 



being a feat of commerce and manufaC'turcs. But forges and manufadlures of ironmongery, and. of 



it has little of either worth mentioning, except a hats, fome light woolen fluffs, and the extenfive 



fugar-houfe, fome fhipbuilding, and fome buildings, cotton manufaftures of Meffieurs Peel, Yates, and 



latfly ereftcd, for making red herrings. Co. Burton has tlie advantage of navigable com- 



Bruton, [Som. E.) a large town, with a man- munication with all partsof the country, by its owa . 



* Inflead of fuying, a vefT..! lie at fuch a wharf or llairs, as in London, her phcc, or birth, is marked Iiy the nuaibcr oT 

 the crane at whicl; ihe lies. 3 



