Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+-----------------------+---------+----------+---------------+ 28|Barby pa|Northamp |Daventry 6|Welford 11| 39|Barcheston pa|Warwick |Shipston 2|Kineton 9| 38|Barcombe pa|Sussex |Lewes 3|Uckfield 6| 44|Barden pa|N.R. York|Leyburn 3|Richmond 4| 44|Barden to & chap|W.R. York|Skipton 8|Paitley Brid. 9| 14|Bardfield,(Great)[A] pa|Essex |Thaxted 5|Dunmow 7| 14|Bardfield-Saling pa|Essex | 4| 7| 24|Bardney[B] pa|Lincoln |Lincoln 12|Horncastle 9| +--+-----------------------+---------+----------+---------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From|Lond.|Population. +--+-----------------------+--------------------+-----+---------+ 28|Barby pa|Crick 4| 78| 637| 39|Barcheston pa|L. Compton 5| 83| 198| 38|Barcombe pa|Brighton 11| 48| 931| 44|Barden pa|Bedale 8| 231| 106| 44|Barden to & chap|Otley 13| 218| 214| 14|Bardfield,(Great)[A] pa|Haverhill 10| 48| 1029| 14|Bardfield-Saling pa| 10| 48| 359| 24|Bardney[B] pa|Wragby 9| 136| 1098| +--+-----------------------+--------------------+-----+---------+ [A] BARDFIELD, (Great.) _Market_, formerly Tuesday (now disused.)--_Fair_, June 22, for cattle and toys. [B] BARDNEY, anciently Beardanam, is situated in a marsh on the north bank of the river Witham. An abbey was founded in the time of the Saxons, prior to the year 641. Here Ethelred, divesting himself of the splendour of royalty, retired to devote his days to religion, and became superior of the monastery. King Oswald is said to have been buried here, but the body was afterwards removed to the church of Gloucester. The hand was retained by the monks as a relique, to which they ascribed the power of working miracles, and for a long period imposed upon the credulity of superstitious pilgrims. In the year 870 the monastery was burned by the Danes, but was afterwards rebuilt by Gilbert De Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln, who annexed to it several extensive estates. At the dissolution its annual revenues were estimated at L429. 7s. [Sidenote: King Oswald buried here.]