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Galley Head Lighthouse (69 ft. high), on coast of
Cork, on E. side of Rosscarbery Bay; has a flashing
light 174 ft. above high water, and seen 19 miles.

Galley wood, vil. and eccl. dist. (Galley wood Com-
mon), Great Baddow, Chelmsford, AVest Hanningfield,
and Stock pars., AV. Essex—dist., pop. 734; vil., 3
miles S. of Chelmsford ; P.O.

Galliagh (ry. sta. Gallagli Road), in co. and 34 miles
NAV. of Londonderry; P.O.

Gallibury Mown, eminence in Isle of AVight, 34
miles SAV. of Newport.

Galllons, ry. sta., Royal Albert Dock, S. Essex, 1
mile NE. of North Woolwich.

Gal lions Reach, reach of river Thames, between
Plumstead Marshes, Kent, and East Ham Level, Essex.

Gallipot, hamlet, Hartfield par., E. Sussex.

Gallo Hill, in AV. of AYestray island, Orkney, 355 ft.

Gallon Head, promontory, in AY. of Lewis island.

Galloon, par., S. co. Fermanagh, on Lough Erne,
23,785 ac., pop. 4973; contains Newtown Butler.

Galloper Sand, sandbank in North Sea, opposite
mouth of Thames, 30 miles NE. of North Foreland; is
44 miles long and 4 mile broad; at SAY. part of shoal is
a light-vessel, with 2 fixed lights (Galloper) seen 10 m.

Galloping Green, hamlet, 2 miles AY. of Cabinteely,
S. co. Dublin.

Gallow, hundred, AY. Norfolk, 44,292 ac., pop.
10,193; contains 31 pars.

Gallow, par., S. co. Meath, on Royal Canal, 3 miles
NAV. of Kilcock, 2583 ac., pop. 311.

Gallow Hill.—hamlet, Bowes par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 4 miles SAY. of Barnard Castle. —
2.
Gallow Hill, township, Bolam par., S. Northumber-
land, 74 miles SAY. of Morpeth, 628 ac., pop. 34.

Galiow Hill, the name of numerous places where
capital punishment was inflicted in feudal times; such
places are also called Gallow Ranh, Gallow Cairn,
Gallow Drum, Galiow Knowe, &c.

Galloway, ancient dist. in SAY. of Scotland; it com-
prised the cos. of Kirkcudbright and AVigtown, and was
divided into Upper Galloway in the N., Lower Gallo-
way in the S., and the Rhinns of Galloway in the AY.

Galloway, Mull of, precipitous promontory, Kirk-
maiden par., AVigtownshire; extremity of the Rhinns
of Galloway, and the most southern point of Scotland.

Galloway, Mull of, Lighthouse, on Mull of Gallo-
way ; is 86 ft. high, and has intermittent light (Gallo-
way Mull) 325 ft. above high water and seen 25 miles.

Galloway, Mew, police and royal burgh with ry. sta.,
Kells par., Kirkcudbright, on AYater of Ken, 5 miles
NAY. of its sta., 19 N. of Kirkcudbright, and 25 AY. of
Dumfries—police burgh, pop. 422; royal burgh, pop.
398 ; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Mew Galloway Station, 1
Bank; has half-yearlyfairs. NewG., along with AVigtown,
Stranraer, and AYhithorn, returned 1 member till 1885.

Galloway, Rhinns of, that part of AVigtownshire
AY. of Loch Ryan and Luce Bay.

Galloway Burn, stream, on border of AVigtown and
Ayr, flowing SAV. to Loch Ryan.

Galloway House (1740), seat, property of the Earl
of Galloway, Sorbie par., AVigtownshire, 1 mile SE. of
Garliestown sta.

Gallowilal, seat, near Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.

Gallowhill.—school, Alford par., Aberdeenshire.—

2. Gallowhill, vil., 4 miles from Coupar-Angus.

Gallows Common, in N. vicinity of Sevenoaks, AV.
Kent; was an ancient place of execution, and was the
scene of a victory by Jack Cade (1450).

Gallows Hill, 3 miles S. of Stradbally, E. Queen’s
co., 335 ft. high.

Gallstown Park, seat, 6| miles S. of Mullingar, co.
AVestmeath.

Gallt-y-Foel, eminence, at Bettws-y-Coed, E. Car-
narvonshire, alt. 800 ft.

Galit-y-Wenallt, rocky shoulder of Snowdon, Car-
narvonshire.

GaUy Hill, eminence, Bedfordshire, 2 miles N. of
Biggleswade; has a Roman camp of 30 ac.

Galmington, hamlet, AVilton par., AV. Somerset, in
S. vicinity of Taunton.

Galmoy.—bar., NAV. co. Kilkenny, 40,236 ac., pop.
6044.—2. Galmoy, hamlet, 4 miles N. of Johnstown,
NW. co. Kilkenny; P.O.

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