The general gazetteer; or, compendious geographical dictionary : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; ... / originally compiled by R. Brookes.

Richard Brookes

Date:: 1826

Credit: The general gazetteer; or, compendious geographical dictionary : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; ... / originally compiled by R. Brookes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 ne ‘ b emes, se ' BENEDETTO, ST. a town in the Man- ‘tuan, 15 miles SSE. of Mantua. Benefield, Efiex, near Birchanger. Be- nefield, Northamp. 4 miles N. of Oundle. Beneley, Northumb., near the~Till, 6 miles NW. of Alnwick. Benenden, Kent, near Rolvenden and Cranbrook. BENESOEUF, atownin Egypt, 50 miles S. of Cairo. It is the capital of a diftrict, and refidence of a bey. . Benet, St. Cornwall, 4 miles SW. of Bodmin. BENEVENTO, anciently BENEVEN- TUM, a large and rich city of Naples, ca- pital of the Principato-Ultra. This city, with a duchy, or fimall diftri&t round it, roducing about 60009 crowns a-year, i$ fubjeét to the pope. It is feated ina fer- tile valley, near the confluence of the Sa- BENFELD, a town in the dept, of the Lower Rhine, feated on the river Ile, 12 miles SSW. of Strafburg. Benfield Side, Durham, on the edge of Northumb. Benfleet, North, Effex, 4 miles N. of Benfleet Magna. Benfleet Magna, Effex, near Canvey Ifland, Benford, De- Wore. on the Avon, oppofite to Evefham. BENGAL, a country of India, in the E. W. upward of 400 miles, and from N. to It is bounded on the W. by Oriffa and Bahar; on the N. by Na- paul and Bootan ; ontheE. by Affam and Meckley; and onthe S, by the Bay of Bengal. The country confifts of one vaft Hindooftan, annually renders two, and in pal products are fugar, ilk, cotton, fruit, pepper, opium, rice, faltpetre, lac, and civet, The Ganges here divides into fe- veral ftreams, and annually, like the Nile, overflows the country. Bengal has been fubjeét, ever fince the year 1765, to the Englith Eaft India Company. It’s net annual! revenue, including that of Bahar, is 1,290,000], Calcutta is the capital. BENGUELA, a kingdom on the W. goaft of Atrica, bounded on the W. by the ocean; on the N, by Angola; on the E. and SE. by parts unknown; and on the §, by Mataman, or Matapan. The men wear {kins about their waifts ; the womenakind of cloth made of the bark of atree. At Benguela, the capital, on the bay or river Benguela, the Portuguefe have a fettle- ment; their houfes are thaded with orange, fluctions are manioc, palms, dates, vines, Ris Re SC ed TR ad ae caflia, and tamarinds ; and fromthe hu- > midity of the foil, they havetwo fruit fea fons in the year. Lat. from13.to1s5.$. lon. from 12. to 20. E. Benhall, Suff. near Saxmundham. Ben- ham, Berks, near Reading. Benham, Bucks, near Ufton. Benham, Surry, near Darking. Bexham Heath, Berks, near ae i Benick, Camb. in the Ifle of — ys | Benin,akingdom of Africa, extending from 1. o. S. lat. to 9, 0. N. lat. and | bounded on the W. by Dahomy and ‘the ocean ; on the N. by Dahomy and Biafara ; ; on the E. by parts unknown; and onthe S. by Loango. The country exhibits many beautiful land{capes; but the air, in fome places, is noxious or peftilential, on account of the grofs vapours exhaled from the marfhes by the heat of the fun. ‘The natives are fkilful in making various forts of dyes, and in manufaturing cot- ,tons or calicoes, which they wear and alfo export, Their king is abfolute, and has a great number of petty princes under him, and polygamy is allowed among, them, Benin, the capitai, feated on the river Benin, or Formofa, is a {pacious ' city; the houfes are large and handfome, 4 with clay walls, and. covered with reed ‘ ftraw, or leaves; the fhopsare ftocked with European merchandife, as well as with the commodities of the country, and the ftreets are kept neat and clean by the wo- men. Lat. 7. 50. N. lon. 5. 4. E. i Benington, Herts, 4 miles from Steven- a age. Beningwortb, Linc. 7 miles SE. of Market Raifin. Benjoy, near: Hertford. Y Bennet’s, St. commonly called St. Bennet’s : in the Holm, i. e. a river ifland, Norf, SE. | of Repeham, Benmet’s, Shropfhire, near Shrewfbury. 4 Bennet’s Bridge, 3 miles from Kilken. ny, in Leinfter, and 57 from Dublin. it BENNEVIs, a mountain of Invernefs, rifing 4300 feet above the level of the fea, , It’s fummit affords one of the moft exten- five and beautiful profpeéts in Scotland. BENNINGTON, the principal town of a county of the fame name (containing 19 townfhips) of Vermont, in New Engiand, — in the SW. corner of the ftate ; at the foot of the Green Mountains. It’s public buildings are a court-houfe, jail, and church ; but the affembly commonly holds the feffions at Windfor. Near the centre | of the town is Mount Anthony, which . rifes very high, in the form of a fugar- loaf. Bennington is 30 miles E. by N. of Albany. Lat. 43. 0.N. lon. 73. 10. W. Bennington, Linc. near Bofton. Ben, mngton, York{, near Hornfey. -Bexnings G3 ton ae ey yk, atti

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