. The history of the Brigham family; a record of several thousand descendants of Thomas Brigham the emigrant, 1603-1653 . eyond was Brigham Commons; but about a scoreof years ago it was divided among property owners, and is hedgedoff into many a sightly field. From Brigham to Keswick is a delightful ride through thefamous Lake District of England, bounded by oval hills, coveredwith purple heather. Up the Greta River from Keswick a shortmile we reach the hamlet of Brigham.* The lower portion, called Brigham Nook, consists of a neighborhood of well-kept cot- * A courteous letter from the Vicar,
. The history of the Brigham family; a record of several thousand descendants of Thomas Brigham the emigrant, 1603-1653 . eyond was Brigham Commons; but about a scoreof years ago it was divided among property owners, and is hedgedoff into many a sightly field. From Brigham to Keswick is a delightful ride through thefamous Lake District of England, bounded by oval hills, coveredwith purple heather. Up the Greta River from Keswick a shortmile we reach the hamlet of Brigham.* The lower portion, called Brigham Nook, consists of a neighborhood of well-kept cot- * A courteous letter from the Vicar, Rev. H. D. Rawnsby, containsthe following: Brigham by Keswick is in the ecclesiastical district ofSt. Johns, carved out of the ancient parish of Crosthwaite in 1866. Ithas, so far as known, no founder, but took its name from the fact, atsome time, probably in the XII or XIII century, a bridge would be putup across the river, the builders of said brig being, in all likelihood, themembers of the monkish Brotherhood of St. Anthony, who were gatheredhere, to help people across fords and guide them over the hills, and to. Brigham, Cumberland 1. Main Street. 2. Schoolhouse. ;}. Approach to St. Bridgets Church. 4. Bridge over Derweiit. HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM ARMIGERS 13 tages, one ale-house, and an excellent school erected in 1851, attendedby about one hundred pupils of both sexes from the agriculturaland manufacturing population, a part of the instruction being gar-den-work. At this place, Brigham toll-bar (or bridge) of ma-sonry crosses the Greta, leading toward Skiddaw, most famous ofthe mountains, only one and one-half miles distant. Passing through the village, a short walk upon the left-hand roadbrings the visitor to Brigham Forge, a picturesque shelteredspot, where the Greta is spanned by another stone bridge, and thepower from the fall drives electric and laundry plants.* HERALDRY AND BRIGHAM ARMIGERS The science of heraldry was devised to distinguish persons andproperty and rec
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