a market-town of England, in the county of Worcester and hundred of Halfshire, near the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, 13 miles S. by W. of the former town. The church is a fine old building, with a tower and spire 189 feet in height. The free grammar school, founded by Edward VI., has 7 scholarships and 6 fellowships in Worcester College, Oxford. It formerly returned two members to parliament. Its principal manufactures are nails, buttons, needles, and coarse linen stuffs. Market-day, Tuesday. Pop. (1851) 4426.

BRONYARD, a market-town and parish in the county of Hereford, on the river Frome, 125 miles from London. It is situated in a fine orchard district, but is old and ill built, many of the houses being of wood. It has a collegiate church, a free grammar and a national school, almshouses, &c. Market-day, Tuesday. Pop. (1851) 1394.