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©ntlands. — seat, near Kinsale, S. co. Cork. — 2.
Oatlands, seat, near Abbeyleix, S. Queen’s co. — 3.
©at lands, seat, 2 miles E. of Boyle, N. co. Roscommon.
—4. Oatlands, seat, 1 mile S. of New Ross, SAY. co.
AYexford.

Oatquarter, hamlet, Inishmore island, co. Galway.
Oatslieaf, hamlet, 4 m. E. of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Oaze Deep, channel in Thames estuary, 6 miles E. of
the Nore, between tbe Middle Oaze sand on the N., and
the Spile, the Red, and the Shivering sands on the S.

©ban, pari, burgh, seaport, and quoad sacra par.,
Kilmore and Kilbride par., Argyllshire, 92 miles NW.
of Glasgow, 136 miles NAY. of Edinburgh, and 494 miles
NAY. of London by rail
—quoad sacra par., pop. 3153 ;
pari, burgh, pop. 3991; town, pop. 4046; P.O., T.O.,
5 Banks, 2 newspapers; is finely situated on a semi-
circular bay, well sheltered in front by the island of
Kerrera, and has lofty mountains in the background.
Oban has become the headquarters of tourists to the
AYestern Highlands, and is the starting-place for
numerous steamer routes. There is 1 distillery. Oban
was made a police burgh in 1862. It is one of the Ayr
District of ParL Burghs, which returns 1 member.

©bbe, vil., Harris par., Outer Hebrides, Inverness-
shire; P.O., T.O.

Obleigh, Somerset. See Ubley.

©bney llills, Auchtergaven par., E. Perthshire, 2%
miles S. of Dunkeld, alt. 1323 ft.

©borne, par., Dorset, 1% mile NE. of Sherborne, 593
ac., pop. 143; P.O.

©’Brennan, par., N. co. Kerry, 5 miles NE. of
Tralee, 6547 ac., pop. 790.

©’Brlens bridge, par. and vil., SE. co. Clare, on
river Shannon, 4 miles N. of Castleconnell ry. sta. and
8 miles NE. of Limerick—par., 11,368 ac., pop. 1882;
vil., pop. 161; P.O.; has a corn mill. The Shannon is
here crossed by a bridge of 12 arches.

©by, Norfolk. See Ashby with Oby.

©’Callaghan's Mills, vil., Killuran par., E. co.
Clare, 4 miles SE. of Tulla, pop. 147 ; P.O.

©cclestone, township and vil., Middlewich par.,
Cheshire, on river AYheelock, 1% mile SAY. of Middle-
wich, 751 ac., pop. 101.

©ccold, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 1568 ac., pop.
522; vil., 2 miles SE. of Eye; P.O.; near the vil. is
Occold Hall, seat.

Ochil Hills, hill-range, chiefly in SAY. Perthshire,
but also within or bordering on Clackmannan, Kinross,
and Fife; extends 25 miles NE. and SAY. from near
Perth, on the Tay, to near Bridge of Allan, in Stirling-
shire ; has an average breadth of 12 miles, and attains
in Ben Cleuch an alt. of 2363 ft.; the summits are
mostly rounded and verdant, and there are many beau-
tiful glens and valleys.

©chil Bark Hydropathic, at Bridge of Allan, Stir-
lingshire.

Ochiltree.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Ayrshire,
on Lugar AYater—par., 18,328 ac., pop. 1493; vil., 1%
mile N. of sta. and 11% miles E. of Ayr, pop. 523; P.O.
—2. Qcliiltrec, hamlet, in par. and 3 miles SE. of
Linlithgow.

©chiltree, Loch, in N. of Penninghame par., NE.
AYigtownshire ; is 1 mile long.

©chterlony, seat, Rescobie par., Forfarshire, 1 mile
SAY. of Guthrie ry. sta.

©cbtertyrc.—seat, Kincardine par., S. Perthshire,
on river Teitli, 4 miles NAY. of Stirling.—2. Ochter-
tyre, seat, Monzievaird par., mid. Perthshire, 3 miles
NW. of Crieff.

©ck.—hundred, Berks, 27,598 ac., pop. 7202; con-
tains 11 pars, with parts of 4 others.—2.
©ck, river,
Berks; rises near Compton Beauchamp, and flows 16
miles NE. to the Thames at Abingdon.

©ckaney. See Walkingham Hill with Ockaney.
©ckbrook, par. and vil., in co. and 4% miles E. of
Derby, 1697 ac., pop. 1938;
P.O., t.o.

©ckcndcn House, seat, Sussex ; post-tn., Cuckfield.
Ockendon, North, par. and vil., Essex—par., 17004
ac., pop. 329; vil., 6 miles NE. of Romford; P.O.

Ockendon, South, par. and vil., Essex—par., 2936
ac., pop. 1194 ; vil., 6% miles SAY. of Romford ; P.O.

Ocker Hill, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Tipton par.,
Staffordshire, wholly within the parliamentary limits
of Wednesbury, pop. 4111; P.O.; the sta. is f mile SAY.
of AVednesbury sta.

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