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Belford .5 Holy Island..6

..to Stafford
Somerset

34 Baltonsborough ..pa
29 Bambrough ...to & pa Northumb
29 Bambrough*. ..to Northumb..
10 Bamford.
.ham Derby

22 Bamford.

.to Lancaster

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Durham.

11 Bampton..m. t. & pa Devon.. 31 Bampton ..m. t. & pa | Oxford * BAMBROUGH CASTLE is situated on the romantic coast of Northumberland, near an obscure town of the same name; it stands upon a triangular rock, high, rugged, and abrupt on the land side. But we leave its description, which would be too lengthy, and turn rather to the account of the benevolent institution founded in 1720, by Lord Crewe, Bishop of Seat of the Durham, of which it is the seat. The keep of the castle is fitted up for Bishop of suffering seamen, and property which may have been rescued from the fury of the ocean. Regulations were also adopted to prevent accidents on the coast, and to alleviate misfortunes when they had occurred. A ninepounder placed at the bottom of the great tower, gives signals to ships in distress; and in case of a wreck announces it to the Custom-house officers, who hasten to prevent its being plundered. In addition to this, during a storm, horsemen patrol the coast, and rewards are paid for the earliest intelligence of vessels in distress. A flag is always hoisted when Noble chaany ship is seen in distress on the Fern Islands or Staples; or a rocket rity. thrown up at night, which gives notice to the fishermen of Holy Island, who put off to the spot when no boat from the main can get over the breakers. There has also been life-boats added to the establishment. Within the walls of the castle are supported two free-schools, an infirmary, thirty beds for shipwrecked sailors, and a granary, whence poor persons are supplied with provision at the first price. There is also a library, the books of which are circulated gratuitously for twenty miles round. This philanthropic endowment has not been suffered to decay with the romance of olden time, but the charitable intentions of the testator are fulfilled so as to exhibit a lasting record of his active benevolence.

+ BAMPTON. A market town, situated near the little river Batherme, which flows into the Exe at about one mile distance. Mr. Polwhele considers that this was a Roman station, and here, probably, the Romans had artificial hot-baths. A chalybeate spring in this neighbourhood is much celebrated for its medicinal qualities. John de Bampton, a Carmelite, John de who was the first who publicly read Aristotle in Cambridge, was born Bampton. here: he died in 1391. The manufactures of the place are serges and

pottery.

Market, Saturday.-Fairs, Whit Tuesday, and last Thursday in October, for cattle. BAMPTON. Here are some slight remains of an ancient castle, supposed to have been erected in the reign of King John. The celebrated poet, John Philips, the son of Dr. Stephen Philips, archdeacon of Salop, was born in this town, on the 30th of December, 1676, lips the and after the preliminary process of juvenile education, was sent to poet. Winchester, where he was distinguished by the superiority of his exercises, and at school endeared himself to all his companions and

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4 282 4 282 .7 Longtown 10 311

10 Bampton* to & pa Westmorlnd Orton ...... 40 Bampton-Grange ham Westmorlnd Bampton, Little to Cumberland Wigton superiors it is related of him, that he seldom mingled in the play of other boys, but retired to his chamber, and indulged in the study of the poets and of the ancient and modern classics, particularly Milton. In 1694, he was removed to Christchurch, Oxford, where he finished all his University acquirements; but Milton-the immortal Milton-continued to be his uninterrupted day dream: and he might have exclaimed in the language of that poet, I will study the magnificence of thy etherial phantasy, "From morn till noon, from noon to dewey eve,

Philips's poetical works.

Character and death.

When Urania visits my nightly

Slumbers, or when morn purples the east."

It is said that there was not an allusion in "Paradise Lost," drawn from any
hint either in " 'Homer," or "Virgil," to which he could not immediately
refer. While at Oxford he was honoured with the friendship of Mr. Edmund
Smith, author of the Tragedy of "Phaedra and Hippolitus; "and also with
that of the most polite and favoured of the gentlemen in the University.
His first poem was published in 1703, entitled, "The Splendid Shilling,"
which has the merit of an original design. His next poem, entitled
Blenheim," which he wrote as a rival to Addison's poem on the same
subject, was published in 1705, and procured him the patronage of Mr.
Henry Saint John, afterwards Lord Bolingbroke. Independent of poetry,
Philips was an excellent botanist; in 1706 he produced his third
poem on
Cyder," founded on the model of Virgil's Georgics, a book not
only of entertainment but of science; and soon afterwards, a latin Ode,
"to Henry Saint John, Esq.," said to have been the poet's masterpiece.
"It is gay and elegant," says Dr. Johnson, "and exhibits several artful
accommodations of classic expressions to new purposes." At the time of
his illness, Philips was meditating a poem to be called "The Last Day ;"
death put an end to so solemn and majestic a finale of genius. He died
at Hereford, of a lingering consumption, February 15, 1708, in the thirty-
third year of his age, and was buried in the cathedral of that city. Sir
Simon Harcourt, afterwards Lord Chancellor, erected a monument to his
memory in Westminster Abbey, the epitaph upon which was written by
Doctor Atterbury. Philips was a gentleman of a modest and amiable
disposition," and always praised without contradiction," (says Dr. John-
son) as a man, modest, blameless, and pious, who bore a narrow fortune
without discontent-and tedious and painful maladies without impatience;
beloved by those who knew him, but not ambitious to be known.”

Market, Wednesday.-Fairs, March 26, and August 26, for cattle and toys.

* BAMPTON. The river Lowther runs through this parish. Here is a beautiful lake, called Haweswater, three miles long, and half a mile water lake. broad; it is environed by lofty mountains, conveying to the mind a grand

Hawes

and imposing appearance: its eastern side is sheltered by rocky eminences, plentifully clothed with verdure, while the western side displays the open fields, with all the sweet varieties of culture. A lead mine has lately been discovered in the neighbourhood. The free grammar-school was founded by Thomas Sutton, D.D., who vested in trustees the sum of £500., collected from estates out of the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, and other Dr. Thomas places. Here, also, three parochial libraries were established respectively, in the years 1710, 1750, 1752, comprising about 800 volumes. Thomas Gibson, M.D., who married the daughter of Richard Cromwell, Protector, was Physician-General of the army, and a native of this parish. He was the author of a system of anatomy. The learned doctor, having laid the foundation of his classical learning at a school in this county, he entered as scholar at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1686. The study of the northern

Gibson.