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BRAY

Volume 5 · 153 words · 1860 Edition

parish of Berkshire, on the Thames, 23 miles from London. It obtains its chief notoriety from its vicar in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, whose accommodating conscience suited itself to every change of circumstances. He became twice Papist and twice Protestant, in order that he might adhere to "his one principle," which was "to live and die Vicar of Bray."

small seaport town, and a fashionable watering place of Ireland, in the counties of Wicklow and Dublin, at the mouth of the Bray, 12 miles S.S.E. of Dublin. The town is situated on both sides of the river which separates the two counties, is neatly built, and has a parish church, an elegant Roman Catholic chapel, and several other places of worship, an old castle now used as a barrack, two schools, an hospital, dispensary, and savings-bank. The harbour is accessible only to small vessels. Pop. (1851) 3156.