Map| Names of Places. | County. |Number of Miles From | +--+-----------------------+---------+------------+--------------+ 36|Bardwell pa|Suffolk |Bury 10|Ixworth 3| 22|Bare to|Lancaster|Lancaster 3|Burton 10| 23|Baresley to|Leicester|Leicester 10|Melton 8| 27|Barford pa|Norfolk |Wymondham 5|Dereham 13| 39|Barford pa|Warwick |Warwick 3|Stratford 7| 31|Barford,(Great)[A] pa|Bedford |Bedford 6|St. Neots 7| 3|Barford,(Great) pa|Oxford |Deddington 2|Banbury 6| 3|Barford,(Little)[B] pa|Bedford |St. Neots 3|Potton 7| 31|Barford, St. John's, ch|Oxford |Deddington 3|Banbury 5| 41|Barford, St. Martin, pa|Wilts |Wilton 3|Salisbury 6| 43|Barforth to|N.R. York|Richmond 10|Barnard Cas 10| +--+-----------------------+---------+------------+--------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+-----------------------+----------------------+-----+--------+ 36|Bardwell pa|Thetford 9| 80| 799| 22|Bare to|K. Lonsdale 14| 243| 110| 23|Baresley to|M. Sorrel 10| 105| ...| 27|Barford pa|Norwich 10| 105| 420| 39|Barford pa|Kineton 8| 92| 748| 31|Barford,(Great)[A] pa|Potton 7| 53| 731| 3|Barford,(Great) pa|Chip Norton 11| 71| 350| 3|Barford,(Little)[B] pa|Biggleswade 9| 54| 176| 31|Barford, St. John's, ch|Chip Norton 11| 72| 131| 41|Barford, St. Martin, pa|Hindon 10| 87| 570| 43|Barforth to|Darlington 9| 243| 128| +--+-----------------------+----------------------+-----+--------+ [A] BARFORD, (Great). At this place is a piece of land, called White Bread Close, left, as is generally believed, by one of the Shepherd family, formerly residents of considerable opulence in the parish, for the purpose of purchasing loaves of white bread, to be thrown among the populace from the church porch. This whimsical custom at last became such a scene of scrambling, fighting, and disorder, that it was prohibited by the curate, and the money applied towards the purchase of coals for the poor, at Christmas. The boys, and even men, seemed to have participated in this sport, the same as at a game at foot-ball, or other play; and an old gentleman in the adjoining village fully remembers taking an active part in the scramble, and bearing off the wheaten loaf in triumph. [Sidenote: Curious custom.]