Blacketon Hill, a camp-crowned eminence, 5¼ miles
NW. of St Germans, E. Cornwall.

Black Force, cascade, on Fell Head, 6 miles SW. of
Orton, Westmorland.

Blackford.—par., mid. Somerset, 4¼ miles SW.
of Wincanton, 578 ac., pop. 140.— 2. Blackford,
hamlet, Stoke St Milborough par., S. Shropshire, 8
miles NE. of Ludlow.—3. Blackford, eccl. dist., Wed-
more par., mid. Somerset, 4¼ miles S. of Axbridge, pop.
471; P.O.—4. Blackford, manor, Selworthy par., W.
Somerset, near coast, 3¼ miles W. of Minehead.

Blackford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Perthshire,
9 miles NE. of Dunblane by rail, 21,453 ac., pop. 1595 ;
vil., pop. 679; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.

Blackford Bridge, 2 m. from Bury, Lancash.; P.O.

Blackfordby, eccl. dist., Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Seal pars. (N. Leicestershire) and Hartshorn par.
(Derbyshire), on verge of cos., 2 miles NW. of Ashby-
de-la-Zouch, pop. 1428.

Blackford Hill, ry, sta., in co. and S. vicinity of
Edinburgh; the hill, 500 ft. high, and commanding a
fine view, is now a public park.

Black Forest, wild high mountain range, E. bordei
of Brecknock, extending 16 miles S. from valley of the
Wye to valley of the Usk; highest peak, Pen-y-cader-
fawr, 2630 ft.

Blaekfort, place with school, Donaghedy par., co.
Tyrone.

Blackfriars, sta. on Metropolitan Ry., at N. end of
Blackfriars Bridge.

Blaekfriars Bridge, sta. on London, Chatham and
Dover Ry., London, at S. end of Blackfriars Bridge.

Blackgaug Chine, grand chasm, on S. coast of Isle
of Wight, 5 miles W. of Ventnor.

Blackball.—vil., Corstorphine, Cramond, and St
Cuthbert’s pars., Edinburghshire, 2 miles W. of Edin-
burgh; P.O.—2. Blackball, ry. sta., mid. E. Lanark-
shire, 3¼ miles NE. of Morningside.—3. Blackball,
estate, Abbey par., Renfrewshire.—4. Blackball, seat,
Strachan par., Kincardineshire.

Black Hall, seat, 4 m. N. of Drogheda, S. co. Louth.

Blackball Head, co. Cork, 4 m. SW. of Bear Island.

Black Hall Mill, 4 miles from Shotley Bridge, N.
Durham; P.O.

Black Hambleton, mountain, North-Riding York-
shire, 9¼ miles NW. of Helmsley, alt. 1400 ft.

Black Head.—headland, on SE. coast of Cornwall,
between Mevagissey and St Austell bays.—2. Black
Head,prom., oncoast of Cornwall, 6m. NE. of the Lizard.

Black Head.—prom., on N. side of entrance to Belfast
Lough, E. co. Antrim.—2. Black Head, prom., NW.
co. Clare. — 3. Black Head, prom., S. co. Cork. — 4.
Black Head, lighthouse, ¼ mile NNE. of Duncannon
Fort, co. Waterford ; has fixed light seen 16 miles.

Blackheath.—hundred, Sutton-at-Hone lathe, W.
Kent, 17,316 ac., pop. 234,987; contains 4 pars.—
2. Blackheath, hundred, W. Surrey, 45,274 ac., pop.
12,450; contains 11 pars.—3. Blackheath, vil. with
ry. sta., W. Kent, 7 miles SE. of London; P.O., 2Banks.
The heath, now confined to about 70 ac., has several
historic scenes connected with it, among the most
notable being the encampment of Wat Tyler and his
followers (1381), and of Jack Cade in 1450; the defeat of
the Cornishmen by the Earl of Oxford, &c. It is a
great resort for pleasure parties, and commands fine
views of the metropolis and banks of the Thames.—

4. Blackheath, 3 miles from Colchester, Essex; P.O.
—5. Blackheath, 2 miles from Rowley Regis, Staf-
fordshire ; P.O.

Blaek Heath, open tract, near centre of Wilts, SE.
of Market Lavington.

Blackheath Mill, ry. sta., ¼ mile S. of Greenwich
and 1¼ mile NW. of Blackheath vil.,'W. Kent.

Black lleddon, township, Stamfordham par., S.
Northumb., 11 m. SW. of Morpeth, 1668 ac., pop 51.

Blackhill, hamlet, N. Durham, on border of co. and
1 mile W. of Shotley Bridge ; P.O., T.o.

Blackhill.—q.s. par., Cruden, Longside, and Peter-
head pars., Aberdeensh., 4. m SW. of Peterhead, pop.
867 ; P.O.—2. Blackhill, place, 2 miles S. of Glasgow.

Blackhill.—3 miles from Aghadowey, E. co. Lon-
donderry; P.O. — 2. Blackhill, mountain, N. co.
Wicklow, near Blessington, alt. 1984 ft.

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

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