Market-day, Saturday. C. is a place of great antiquity.
It owed its importance in Saxon times to its position at
the passage of the Thames. It sent representatives to
Parliament as early as the reign of Edward I. The
trade is wholly local, and consists chiefly of agricultural
produce. An important market for fat cattle is held
every month. Cricklade (which contained 44 pars, and

6 parts) returned 2 members to Parliament until 1885.

Cricklade St Mary and Cricklade St Sampson, 2

pars., N. Wilts, within C. town—St M., 122 ac., pop.
397; St S., 6289 ac., pop. 1203.

Cricklade (or Northern) Division, pari, division of
Wilts, pop. 47,582.

Cricklas, hamlet, in co. and 1 m. W. of Carmarthen.

Cricklewood, hamlet with ry. sta., If mile NW. of
Hendon, Middlesex.

Criekstown, par., SE. co. Meath, 5 miles NE. of
Drumree ry. sta., 1431 ac., pop. 93.

Cridllng Stnbbs, township, Darrington and AVomers-
ley pars., E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire, 44 miles E. of
Pontefract, 1355 ac., pop. 200.

Crieck, par., N. Fifeshire, 2341 ac., pop. 386; has
whinstone and sandstone quarries.

Crieff, market town and par. with ry. sta., S. Perth-
shire, on r. Earn, 18 m. AV. of Perth, 87 NAV. of Edin-
burgh, and 435 NAV. of London—par., 20,385 ac., pop.
4852; town, pop. 4469; P.O., T.O., 6 Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-day, Tuesday ; has tanneries, chemical
manure works, and manufactories of woollen shirtings,
blankets, tweeds, and plaidings. Crieff is much resorted
to by invalids on account of its salubrious climate and
fine scenery. The hydropathic establishment of Strath-
earn House is 1 mile NE. of the ry. sta.

Crieff Junction, ry. sta., Blackford par., S. Perth-
shire, 2 m. SAV. of Auchterarder and 9 m. SE. of Crieff.

Criffel, granitic hill-ridge, SE. Kirkcudbrightshire,
overhanging the Nith estuary, alt. 1800 ft.

Criftins, eccl. dist. (St Matthew), Ellesmere par.,
N. Shropshire, pop. 373.

Criggion, hamlet, Alberbury par., NE. Montgomery,

7 m. NE. of AVelshpool, pop. 162; P.O.; is considered by
antiquaries the scene of the final defeat of Caractacus.

Crigglestone, township and ry. sta., Sandall Magna
par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 34
miles SW. of Wakefield, 3130 ac., pop. 2777.

Crilly, 2 m. SE. of Aughnacloy, S. co. Tyrone; P.O.

Crlmble Hall, 4 m. NAV. of Garstang, Lancashire.

Crimble Passage, between Devonport, S. Devon,
and Mount Edgcumbe, E. Cornwall, across Hamoaze.

Crimchard, hamlet, in par. and near Chard, Somerset.

Crlmond, coast par. and hamlet, E. Aberdeenshire,
9 miles NW. of Peterhead, 5891 ac., pop. 832; p.o.

Crimonmogate, seat, in par. and 2 miles E. of
Lonmayry. sta., NE. Aberdeenshire.

Crlmplesham, par., AV. Norfolk, 3 miles E. of Down-
ham, 1620 ac., pop. 293; P.O.

Crimscott, hamlet, 54 miles SE. of Stratford-on-
Avon, S. AVarwickshire.

Crinan, or Port Crinan, vil., with hotel, near W.
end of Crinan Canal, Argyllshire, 5J miles NW. of
Lochgilphead; P.O., T.O., called Crinan Pier.

Crinan Canal, canal, Argyllshire, at head of Kintyre
peninsula, between Loch Fyne and the Sound of Jura;
it was formed (1793-1801) to avoid the circuitous and
dangerous passage round the Mull of Kintyre ; it is 9
miles long, has 15 locks, and is navigable by vessels of
200 tons burden; the average depth of water is 10 ft.
At Port Crinan is a lighthouse with fixed light (Crinan
Canal), seen 4 miles.

Crindle, vil., 3 miles N. of Limavady, N. co.
Londonderry, pop. 148.

Cringleford, par., S. Norfolk, on river Yare, 3 miles
SW. of Norwich, 980 ac., pop. 225.

Cringles, hamlet, Kildwick par., N. div. West-
Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Skipton.

Crlngletie, in co. and 3 m. NW. of Peebles; has for up-
wards of 200years been the seat of a branch of the Murrays.

Crlnkill, vil., near Parsonstown ry. sta., AV. King’s
co., pop. 1182; P.O., called Crinkle. Market-days,
Tuesday and Saturday.

Crinnls, copper mine, E. Cornwall, near St Austell.

Crinow, par., E. Pembrokeshire, 14 mile E. of Nar-
berth, 352 ac., pop. 65.

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

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