Map| Names of Places. | County.| Number of Miles From | +--+--------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+ 16|Abbots Ann pa|Hants |Andover 2|Salisbury 16| 11|Abbots Bickington pa|Devon |Holsworthy 6|Torrington 9| 35|Abbots Bromley[A] pa|Stafford|Uttoxeter 7|Lichfield 10| 12|Abbotsbury[B] pa|Dorset |Dorchester 10|Bridport 10| +--+--------------------+--------+-------------+-------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+--------------------+--------+-------------+-----+-------+ 16|Abbots Ann pa|Stockbridge 6| 66| 562| 11|Abbots Bickington pa|Hartland 13| 220| 77| 35|Abbots Bromley[A] pa|tafford 11| 1129| 1621| 12|Abbotsbury[B] pa|Weymouth 10| 127| 874| +--+--------------------+----------------------+-------------+ [A] ABBOTS BROMLEY. The hobby-horse dance, an ancient custom, was observed here till the civil war.--Ten or twelve of the dancers carried, on their shoulders, deers' heads, painted with the arms of Paget, Bagot, and Welles, to whom the chief property of the town belonged. The horns yet hang up in the church, but the custom is now discontinued. The parish includes Bromley, Bagot's liberty, and Bromley Hurst township. Bagot's park is the deer-park of Lord Bagot, whose seat is at Blithefield. _Market, Tuesday._--_Fairs_, Tuesday before Mid-lent Sunday, May 22, September 4, for horses and horned cattle. [Sidenote: Hobby-horse dance]