|in the neighbouring field, which is still called King’s Field. The |town is clean and neat, and reckoned very healthy. Here is a |considerable manufactory for broad and narrow cloth, but more |particularly for carpets; also for cotton tapes, druggets, leather |breeches, and gloves. The market, reckoned the first in the |county, is held on Saturday. It contains 456 houses, and 2387 |inhabitants. | | |B. | 119|Babylon Hill, Dorset, 141. | |Badsley Common, Hants, 211. | 26|Bagshot, Surrey, 72. This place is famous for its excellent mutton |brought here from the Hampshire Downs; it was formerly called |_Holy Hall_; and here our kings had a house and park, which was |laid open after the civil wars: the church was rebuilt in 1676, |after having been destroyed by lightning. It contains 182 houses, |and 1136 inhabitants. | 21|Bagshot Heath, Surrey, 72, is mostly a barren desert, but upon its |borders are a great number of handsome seats. | 21|Bailies, Bucks, 175. | 228|Bake Lane End, Cornwall, 124. | 186|Bakes, Devon, 148. | 141|Balay Down, Dorset, 145. | 5|Balham Hill, Surrey, 45. | |Ball’s Hut, Sussex, 216. | 211|Bamham, Higher, Cornwall, 152. | 211|Bamham, Lower, Cornwall, 152. | 15|Bansted Common, Surrey, 47. | 12|Bansted Downs, Surrey, 46. This is one of the most delightful |spots in England, having a command of prospect for 30 miles round, |including a view of the royal palaces of Windsor and Hampton |Court, London and Westminster. The turf here is of the most |beautiful verdure, intermixed with thyme and other fragrant herbs, |which renders the mutton fed upon the Downs particularly sweet. On |these Downs is Epsom Race Course, much frequented in the season. |In the neighbourhood are many elegant seats. | 41|Bapchild, Kent, 6. This village contains 48 houses, and 224 |inhabitants. In the church window are many remains of painted |glass, particularly of the arms of the see of Canterbury. On the |north side of the road are the remains of the building which was |used as a resting place by the pilgrims who visited St. Thomas |à-Becket’s shrine at Canterbury. | |Bapton, Wilts, 207. (_Population included with Fisherton de la |Mere_) | 87|Barford, Wilts, 136. A parish containing 91 houses, and 450 |inhabitants. | 88|Barford Heath, Wilts, 136. | 59|Barham Downs, Kent, 8. A most delightful spot, where the |Canterbury races are annually held in August. The course has been |extended from two to four miles, and a handsome building erected |for the accommodation of the visitors. | 185|Barn, New, Devon, 148. | 96|Barn, New, Wilts, 137. | 230|Barron Down, Cornwall, 155. | 126|Barrows, Somerset, 142. |