Gower Street.—ry. sta., Middlesex, in N. of London.
—2. Gower Street,, ry. sta., Swansea.

Gowerton, ry. sta., Gower, Glamorgan, 3 miles NW.
of Swansea.

Gowielwig, common, Monmouth. See Gwiielwg.

Gowkhall, vil., Carnock par., Fifeshire, 3 miles AY.
of Dunfermline.

Gowna, 6 miles SW. of Crossdoney ry. sta., W. co.
Cavan ; P.O.; Gowna Lough, on border of cos. Cavan
and Longford, is about 5 miles long.

Gowncys, The, 2 rocks on S. side of Dhoon Glen,
E. coast Isle of Man.

Gowran.—town and par. with ry. sta., bar. Gowran,
in co. and 8 miles E. of Kilkenny—par., 6347 ac., pop.
1417;_ town, pop. 618; P.O., T.O.; adjacent to the
town is Gowran Castle, seat of Yiseount Clifden.—2.
Gowran, bar., E. co. Kilkenny, 111,706 ac., pop. 18,844.

Gowran Grange, seat of Baron de Roebeck, co.
Kildare; post-town, Naas.

Gowrle, ancient dist. of Perthshire, between Stor-
mont and the Tay. See Carse op Gowrie.

Gowthorpe, hamlet, Bishop Wilton par., East-
Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Pocklington. See
Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe.

Goxhill.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Lincolnshire,
10 miles NE. of Barnetby sta., 5860 ac. land and 2930
water, pop. 1181.—2. Goxhill, par. and ry. sta., East-
Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SAY. of Hornsea, 838 ac.,
pop. 76; P.O.

Goydon Pot, depression in bed of Lofthouse stream,
West-Riding Yorkshire, 6 m. NW. of Pateley Bridge.

Goyt, river, Derbyshire and Cheshire; it rises in
Derby, and for some distance forms the boundary be-
tween the 2 cos., and flows W. to the Mersey at Stockport.

Goytre.—hamlet, Llanarth par., Cardiganshire, 5
miles SAY. of Aberaeron.—2. Goytre, hamlet, Llannon
par., Carmarthenshire, 6¼ miles N. of Llanelly.

Goytrey, par., Monmouthshire, on Brecknock Canal,
5 miles S. of Abergavenny, 3348 ac., pop. 672; contains
the seat of Goytrey House.

Grabbist Hill, W. Somerset, near Dunster, 906 ft.

Grahhir, vil., Lewis island. See Gruver.

Grahy, hamlet, Aslackby par., S. Lincolnshire, 2
miles SE. of Falkingham.

Grahy, Fast, hamlet, Dowsby par., S. Lincolnshire,
1 mile E. of Graby.

Gracedicn, hamlet, Belton par., N. Leicestershire,

5 miles NE. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; has picturesque
ruins of nunnery (1236-42); in vicinity is the seat of
Gracedieu Manor, which was the birthplace of Francis
Beaumont (1585-1615), dramatist and poet.

Gracehlll (or Ballykenncdy), vil., Ahoghill par.,
W. co. Antrim, on river Main, 2 miles NW. of Bally-
mena, pop. 213 ; P.O., T.O. ; a Moravian settlement was
founded here in 1746.

Grace’s Country, an ancient territory, which in-
cluded NW. co. Kilkenny and part of Queen’s co. ; was
the estate of the Grace family.

Grade, coast par. and hamlet, W. Cornwall, near
Lizard Point, 2007 ac., pop. 292.

Graden Burn, Coldstream par., Berwickshire; flows
3¼ miles NE. to the Tweed at Milne Graden.

Graden Place, traces of ancient fortalice of the
Kerrs of Graden, Linton par., NE. Roxburghshire, 4
miles W. of Yetholm.

Graemcshall, seat, Holm par., Mainland, Orkney,
on Holm Sound, 7 miles SE. of Kirkwall.

Graeinsay, island (1¼ mile by 1 mile), Hoy and
Graemsay par., Orkney, in Hoy Sound, 1 mile S. of
Stromness, pop. 236; P.O.; on NE. point is Hoy Sound
(High) Lighthouse, 108 ft. high, with fixed light 115
ft. above high water and seen 16 miles ; on NW. point is
Hoy Sound (Low) Lighthouse, 38 ft. high, with fixed
light 55 ft. above high water and seen 12 miles.

Graffa Plain (“ the Plain of Graves ”), in vicinity of
Harrogate, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire.

Graffham.—par. and ry. sta. (Grafham), in co. and

6 miles SW. of Huntingdon, 2380 ac., pop. 334.—2.
Graffham, par. and vil., W. Sussex, 4 miles SE. of
Midhurst, 1714 ac., pop. 413 ; P.O.

Grafham, eccl. dist., Bramley and Dunsfold pars.,
W. Surrey, pop. 397.

Grafton.—hamlet, AVing par., on E. border of Bucks.

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