Abernchill Castle, Perthshire, 2 m. SW. of Comrie.
Aberuthven, vil., Auchterarder par., SE. Perthshire,
onRuthven water, 12! m. SW. of Perth, pop. 331; P.O.

Aberwheeler, township, Bodfary par., in co. and 3!
miles NE. of Denbigh, 3356 ac. (17 water), pop. 409.

Aberyscir, par., mid. Brecknockshire, 2! miles NW.
of Brecon sta., 1918 ac., pop. 159.

Aberystruth, par., W. Monmouthshire, 9 miles SW.
of Abergavenny, 753 ac. (103 water), pop. 18,672; con-
tains extensive collieries and iron-works.

Aberystwith, mun. bor., township, seaport, and
watering-place, Llanbadarnfawr par., Cardiganshire, at
mouths of rivers Ystwith and Rheidol, 33 miles NE. of
Cardigan by road and 236 miles from London by rail—
township, 734ac. (175 water), pop. 6703; mun. bor., 857
ac., pop. 7088; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days,
Monday and Saturday. Aberystwith has of late years
become the most fashionable bathing-place in Wales.
A national Welsh college has been recently erected in
the town. It has considerable coasting trade, chiefly
in corn and lead. (For shipping statistics, see Appen-
dix. ) There is the ruin of an ancient castle. The bor.
united with Adpar, Cardigan, and Lampeter in return-
ing 1 member to Parliament until 1885.

Abingdon, mun. bor., Abingdon St Helen and
Abingdon St Nicholas pars., Berks, and Culham par.,
Oxfordshire, on river Thames, 6 miles S. of Oxford and
60^ miles W. of London by rail—mun. bor., 300 ac.,
pop. 5684 ; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day, Monday.
In 680 it became the seat of a monastery, and in 1645
Lord Essex held the town successfully against Charles

I. It has mfrs. of woollens, carpets, and sacking; and
there are cattle and corn markets. The grammar-school
is endowed. The bor. returned 1 member to Parlia-
ment until 1885.

Abingdon (or Northern) Division, pari, division of
Berks, pop. 49,615.

Abinger, par., vil., and seat, mid. Surrey, 4! miles
SW. of Dorking, 7513 ac. (17 water), pop. 1172.
Abinghall. See Abenhall.

Abington.—par., in S. of co. and 1J mile NE. of
Northampton, 1112 ac., pop. 118. The grave of
Shakespeare’s favourite granddaughter is here marked
by a mulberry tree planted by Garrick.—2. Abington,
vil. and seat, Great Abington par., SE. Cambridgeshire,
2! miles NW. of Linton.

"Abington, vil. with ry. sta., and seat, Crawfordjohn
par., S. Lanarkshire, on river Clyde, 15! miles S. of
Carstairs junction ; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.

Abington, par. and vil., in co. and 9 m. E. of Limerick,

2 miles NE. of Boher ry. sta., 30,398 ac., pop. 4381.
Abington, Great and Little, 2 pars., in co. and 8

miles SE. of Cambridge—Great Abington, 1500 ac.,
pop. 279 ; Little Abington, 1120 ac., pop. 264.

Abington-in-the-Clay, par., SW. Cambridgeshire, 5
miles NW. of Royston, 1237 ac., pop. 180.

Abhettleby, par. and township, N. Leicestershire,

3 miles NW. of Melton Mowbray—par., 2920 ac. (with
Holwell), pop. 1868 ; township, pop. 230.

Ablington.—tithing, Bibury par., E. Gloucestershire,
on river Coin, 5| miles NW. of Fairford.—2. Abling-
ton, hamlet, Figheldean par., S. Wilts, on river Avon,
4! miles N. of Amesbury.

Abney, hamlet, Hope par., N. Derbyshire, 4 miles
N. of Tideswell.

Abney Hall, seat, Cheshire, near Cheadle.

Abney 1’arh, N. suburb of London.

Above Derwent, township, Cockermouth registration
dist., Cumberland, 14,750 ac. (899 water), pop. 924.
Above Sawthe, ham., Llangadockpar., Carmarthensh.
Aboyne and Glcntanner, par., S. Aberdeenshire,
on river Dee, 25,265 ac., pop. 1427; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank.

A., or Charleston of A., vil. with ry. sta., in the above
par., is 10! miles °f Ballater. A. Castle_v the seat
of the Marquis of Huntly, is near the vil.

Abraham, Heights of, a wooded eminence, Derby-
shire, near Matlock, about 650 ft. high.

Abram, township and eccl. dist. (St John), SW.
Lancashire, 3! miles SE. of Wigan, 198 ac., pop. 2638.

Abriachan.—hamlet, Inverness-shire, 6 miles NE. of
Drumnadrochit; P.O.—2. Abriachan, rivulet, flowing
into- Loch Ness, in par. and co. of Inverness; has a
series of waterfalls.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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