Niarbyl Point, headland, on AV. coast of Isle of Man,
3% miles SAV. of Peel.

Nibley, hamlet, AVesterleigh par., Gloucestershire,
2 miles AV. of Chipping-Sodbury.

Nibley, North, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 2 miles
SAV. of Dursley, 3245 ac., pop. 820; P.O.

Nibon, island, in St Magnus Bay, Northmavine par.,
Shetland, 5% miles SE. of Hillswick.

Nibtliwaite, vil., Colton par., N. Lancashire, on E.
side of Coniston AVater, 7 miles N. of Ulverston.

Nicliol Forest, township, Kirk Andrews upon Esk
par., Cumberland, 12 miles NE. of Longtown, 8497 ac.,
pop. 627.

Nlcliolaston, coast par., Glamorgan, in Gower
Peninsula, on Oxwich Bay, 10 miles SAV. of Swansea,
488 ac., pop. 75.

Nicker, vil., Grean par., E. co. Limerick, 1% mile SAV.
of Pallas ry. sta., pop. 191.

Nitld.—river, AVest-Riding Yorkshire; rises on Great
AVhernside mountain at boundary with North-Riding,
and flows SE. past Knaresborough to the Ouse at Nun-
Monckton.—2. Nidd, par., township, and vil. with ry.
sta. (Nidd Bridge), E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire—
par., 1046 ac., pop. 138; township (partly in Ripley
par.), 1203 ac., pop. 149 ; vil., on river Nidd, 2f miles N.
of Harrogate ; in vicinity is Nidd Hall, seat.

Nidderdale, valley of the river Nidd, AVest-Riding
Yorkshire, from Great AVhernside to the Ouse.

Niddry, vil., Liberton par., Edinburghshire, 1% mile
SAV. of Portobello and 3 miles SE. of Edinburgh;
Niddry House, seat, is in vicinity.

Niddry Castle, ruin, Kirkliston par., Linlithgow-
shire, 1 mile SE. of AVinchburgh. Queen Mary was
conducted hither on the night of her escape from Loch-
leven Castle, 2d May 1568. Niddry is the property of
the Earl of Hopetoun, to whom it gives the title of baron.

Nier, rivulet, co. AVaterford; rises in Commeragh
mountains, and flows 12 miles AV. to river Suir, 4 miles
SE. of Ardfinnan.

Niger, river, inN. of Norfolk; rises near Baconsthorpe,
flows NAV. and SAV. to the vicinity of Edgefield, thence
NAV. to the North Sea near Cley ; is 12 miles long.

Nigg.—par., Kincardineshire, on river Dee, 4432 ac.,
pop. 2935 ; P.O. ; the church is 2 miles S. of Aberdeen.
—2. Nigg, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Ross and Cro-
marty, on Nigg Bay (in Cromarty Eirth)—par., 7818
ac., pop. 1000; vil., 4 miles S. of ry. sta. and 4 miles
by ferry NE. of Cromarty ; P.O.

Nigg Station, ry. sta., Ross and Cromarty, 4 miles
N. of Nigg vil. and 5 miles SE. of Tain; P.O., T.o.

Nightcott, hamlet, Brushford par., Somerset, 2%
miles S. of Dulverton.

Nigktingalc, vil., Trevethin with Pontypool par.,
Monmouthshire, near Pontypool.

Nilteen, Grange of, par., in co. and 3 miles E. of
Antrim, on Six-mile AVater, 2736 ac., pop. 871.

Nine Banks, P.O. See Ninebanks.

Nine Barrow Down, summit of Chalk Downs of Isle
of Purbeck, Dorset, 3 m. E. of Corfe Castle, alt. 642 ft.

Nine Finis, Lambeth par., Surrey ; has a steamboat
pier on the Thames, and the works of the London Gas
Company.

Nine Maidens, ancient stone circle, near coast of
Cornwall, 6 miles NAV. of Penzance.

Nine Mile Barn, vil., in par. and 4 miles SW. of
Penicuik, Edinburghshire, on Monks Burn.

Nine Mile House, vil., Templemichael and Grange-
moekler pars., E. oo. Tipperary, 9 miles N. of Carrick-
on-Suir, pop. 140; P.O.

Nine Mile Point, ry. sta., Monmouthshire, 9 miles
W. of Newport by rail.

Nine Mile Water, river, Hants; rises near the Wilts
border, and flows 9 miles E. to the Test or Anton.

Nine Stones.—stone-circle, Devon, on N. border of
Dartmoor, 2% miles SE. of Okehampton.—2. Nine
Stones, stone-circle, Winterborne Abbas par., Dorset,
5% miles NW. of Dorchester.

Ninebanks, eccl. dist. and vil., Allendale par., North-
umberland—dist., pop. 753; vil., on West Allen river,
12 miles SAV. of Hexham; P.O., called Nine Banks.

Nincstane Big, ridge, Castleton par., Roxburgh-
shire ; is the traditional scene of the burning to death
of Lord Soulis.